min(9)

💖 NAME 💖

min — bestie, this is the little legend that returns the minimum of two values of the same or compatible types ✨ like it literally just looks at both of your numbers and goes "okay bestie, this one's smaller, slay" 👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

min (x , y );

🌸 ARGUMNS 🌸

• x — the first value 🫶 your opening act, the main character of the pair
• y — the second value 💅 the contender, here to get vibe-checked against x

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Okay so there's a whole friend group here, all chillin' in the kernel file ./include/linux/minmax.h — go say hi to the whole squad:

• max(9)
• umin(9)
• umax(9)
• min3(9)
• max3(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)

ngl, min is giving supportive-bestie energy fr fr — it never picks the bigger number, it's not about that life 😭💀

mwah 💋 that's the whole page, no cap — straight from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and yes it's still titled min(9) because we keep the branding iconic 👑✨