local_lock(9)

local_lock(9) 🎀

okay so bestie, this little icon is straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about grabbing a per CPU local lock. tiny page, very main character energy, ngl ✨

💖 NAME 💖

local_lock — Acquire a per CPU local lock.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

local_lock (lock );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• lock — The lock variable. that's the whole argument, periodt 💅

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• Kernel file ./include/linux/local_lock.h
• local_lock_init(9)
• local_lock_irq(9)
• local_lock_irqsave(9)
• local_unlock(9)
• local_unlock_irq(9)
• local_unlock_irqrestore(9)
• local_trylock_init(9)
• local_trylock(9)
• local_trylock_irqsave(9)

this page came from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it's local_lock(9) — no cap, that's the whole vibe 💖✨🫶