max3(9)

✨ max3(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the kernel API manual 💅 this little cutie lives in the max3(9) corner of the Kernel API Manual and honestly? she's giving "small but iconic" 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

max3 — return maximum of three values 👑

like, you give her three things and she hands you back the biggest one. no cap, that's the whole vibe. ⭐

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

max3 (x , y , z );

literally the whole call, right there. copy it exactly, she's picky about her commas 🙈

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• x — first value 🍓
• y — second value 🧚
• z — third value 🌈

three besties walk in, one max value walks out. main character energy only. 💀

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

okay this section is a whole friend group, not me listing them all out 😭 and yes, they're all hanging out in the kernel file ./include/linux/minmax.h — go say hi:

• min(9)
• max(9)
• umin(9)
• umax(9)
• min3(9)
• min_t(9)
• max_t(9)
• min_not_zero(9)
• clamp(9)
• clamp_t(9)
• clamp_val(9)
• min_array(9)
• max_array(9)
• in_range(9)
• swap(9)

every single one of them, no skips, the full squad ✨

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and that's the page bestie 🎀 brought to you from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, filed under max3(9) — mwah, go forth and find your maximum 💋👑