local_unlock_irqrestore(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to local_unlock_irqrestore(9) from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the manual name is right there, folded in like a little name tag 🎀. This function is literally: local_unlock_irqrestore — Release a per CPU local lock and restore interrupt flags. That's the whole main character energy of this page, no cap 💅.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature is giving exactly this, character for character 👑

local_unlock_irqrestore (lock , flags );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• lock — The lock variable. Like, the lock bestie, the one in question 🫶
• flags — Interrupt flags to restore. Put those flags back where they belong ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./include/linux/local_lock.h — and the whole squad is here, fr fr:

• local_lock_init(9)
• local_lock(9)
• local_lock_irq(9)
• local_lock_irqsave(9)
• local_unlock(9)
• local_unlock_irq(9)
• local_trylock_init(9)
• local_trylock(9)
• local_trylock_irqsave(9)

go read those too, iykyk 💖

mwah 💋 this page is from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it's the local_unlock_irqrestore(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — bye bestie, stay slay 🫶✨