atomic_inc(9)

💖 NAME 💖

atomic_inc — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie, and the name line says Atomic incrememnt (yes, literally that spelling on the page, and we're keeping it 😭💅).

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int atomic_inc (atomic_t *addr );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• addr — the address of the variable to increment. That's the whole assignment, no cap 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

It returns the new value of addr->val. Periodt. That's the described behavior, and it ate 💖✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file: ./tools/testing/selftests/futex/include/atomic.h — the file named in the original, lowkey iconic 🧚
• atomic_cmpxchg(9)
• atomic_dec(9)
• atomic_set(9)

Go give those a vibe check too, bestie 💜

Signed off from ./tools/testing/selftests/fute... in October 2026, still repping atomic_inc(9) 💅🌈