futex_match(9)

💖 futex_match(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this page is literally about futex_match, and it's giving tiny-but-iconic energy ✨. no cap, it's short, but every detail is here.

🌸 NAME 🌸

futex_match — check whether two futex keys are equal 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int futex_match (union futex_key *key1 , union futex_key *key2 );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• key1 — Pointer to key1 🫶 like, that's the first key pointer, bestie.
• key2 — Pointer to key2 💖 and that's the second one, periodt.

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Return 1 if two futex_keys are equal, and 0 otherwise 🔥. That's the whole vibe check: equal keys? 1. not equal? 0. iconic, honestly.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./kernel/futex/futex.h and friends: struct futex_q(9), futex_queue(9), struct futex_vector(9) 🌈

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