range_end_overflows_t(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 range_end_overflows_t(9) 🌸

ok so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (yes, the kernel has lore, and yes it's giving ✨documentation✨) and today's main character is range_end_overflows_t. buckle up bestie, it's short and sweet 🎀

💖 NAME 💖

range_end_overflows_t — the vibe check that tells you if a range's endpoint is out of bounds 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

range_end_overflows_t (type , start , size , max );

that's it. that's the whole call. iconique 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • type — the data type to use, bestie. it's the whole personality of this macro ngl.
  • start — where the range starts. the beginning. the origin story 🌱
  • size — how big the range is. how much we're working with 💪
  • max — the exclusive upper boundary. note that word, it's doing so much heavy lifting here 👑

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

ok so real talk: this is exactly the same as range_end_overflows, except it forces the parameters to type. literally that's the whole difference. same brain, extra commitment 🔥

like, range_end_overflows is out here being all flexible and this one is like "no. we're doing type. all of us. together." and honestly? respect. periodt 💜

👑 RETURN 👑

it returns true if the endpoint exceeds the boundary. that's it, that's the answer. no shades of gray, just true or not-true. slay 🎀

💀 SEE ALSO 💀

so many siblings, it's a whole family reunion 🧚 — and they all live in the kernel file ./include/linux/overflow.h:

not me listing all 31 of them… iykyk 😭 but fr fr they're all your besties too, go say hi 🫶

⭐ that's the whole page bestie, go forth and check those endpoints, no cap 💖

kisses, from ./include/linux 💋 — this one dropped October 2026, catch you on the next manpage 👋✨

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