qid_lt(9)

okay bestie, this is qid_lt(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the tiny function that does a qid vibe check 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

qid_lt — test to see if one qid value is less than another. no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool qid_lt (struct kqid left , struct kqid right );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• left — the possibly lesser qid value 👑
• right — the possibly greater qid value 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

It returns true if left is less than right, and false otherwise. That's it, that's the whole function, and it ate. 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./fs/quota/kqid.c 🫶
• qid_eq(9), from_kqid(9), from_kqid_munged(9), and qid_valid(9) — go read these too, bestie 📚

with love from the Kernel API Manual — source/version line: ./fs/quota, dated October 2026 🎀✨