raw_atomic_fetch_inc(9)

✨ raw_atomic_fetch_inc(9) ✨

okay bestie, buckle up, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this one is short but she is iconic 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

raw_atomic_fetch_inc — atomic increment with full ordering 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int raw_atomic_fetch_inc (atomic_t *v );

like, that's the whole vibe. one function, one pointer, zero drama ✨

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💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• v — pointer to atomic_t. that's it. that's the argument. she points at an atomic_t and honestly she's thriving 🫶

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so here's the tea ☕ — this bad girl atomically updates v to (v + 1) with full ordering. atomically means nobody can catch her mid-update, she's doing the whole thing in one go, no half-finished nonsense, no cap 💀

and the full ordering part? that's her main character energy. she's not doing the relaxed little shuffle, she's doing it properly, with all the ordering guarantees the name promises 🌈

she's also safe to use in noinstr code — yes bestie, that cursed little corner of the kernel where you can't touch instrumented stuff, she's allowed in there 👑

but listen — prefer atomic_fetch_inc elsewhere. like, raw_ is the special-occasion one. don't be that person who wears the raw version to the grocery store 🙈

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💖 RETURN 💖

The original value of v. 💫

not the new one. the original one — the value she found before she added 1 to it. she fetches it, she increments it, she hands you back the old one like a lil souvenir 🎀

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

okay so this section is literally the entire atomic family reunion and i'm obsessed 👑 grab a snack, this is a long guest list 🍓

Kernel file: ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h

raw_atomic_read(9), raw_atomic_read_acquire(9), raw_atomic_set(9),
raw_atomic_set_release(9), raw_atomic_add(9), raw_atomic_add_return(9),
raw_atomic_add_return_acquire(9), raw_atomic_add_return_release(9),
raw_atomic_add_return_relaxed(9), raw_atomic_fetch_add(9),
raw_atomic_fetch_add_acquire(9), raw_atomic_fetch_add_release(9),
raw_atomic_fetch_add_relaxed(9), raw_atomic_sub(9),
raw_atomic_sub_return(9), raw_atomic_sub_return_acquire(9),
raw_atomic_sub_return_release(9), raw_atomic_sub_return_relaxed(9),
raw_atomic_fetch_sub(9), raw_atomic_fetch_sub_acquire(9),
raw_atomic_fetch_sub_release(9), raw_atomic_fetch_sub_relaxed(9),
raw_atomic_inc(9), raw_atomic_inc_return(9),
raw_atomic_inc_return_acquire(9), raw_atomic_inc_return_release(9),
raw_atomic_inc_return_relaxed(9), raw_atomic_fetch_inc_acquire(9),
raw_atomic_fetch_inc_release(9), raw_atomic_fetch_inc_relaxed(9),
raw_atomic_dec(9), raw_atomic_dec_return(9),
raw_atomic_dec_return_acquire(9), raw_atomic_dec_return_release(9),
raw_atomic_dec_return_relaxed(9), raw_atomic_fetch_dec(9),
raw_atomic_fetch_dec_acquire(9), raw_atomic_fetch_dec_release(9),
raw_atomic_fetch_dec_relaxed(9), raw_atomic_and(9),
raw_atomic_fetch_and(9), raw_atomic_fetch_and_acquire(9),
raw_atomic_fetch_and_release(9), raw_atomic_fetch_and_relaxed(9),
raw_atomic_andnot(9), raw_atomic_fetch_andnot(9),
raw_atomic_fetch_andnot_acquire(9), raw_atomic_fetch_andnot_release(9),
raw_atomic_fetch_andnot_relaxed(9), raw_atomic_or(9),
raw_atomic_fetch_or(9), raw_atomic_fetch_or_acquire(9),
raw_atomic_fetch_or_release(9), raw_atomic_fetch_or_relaxed(9),
raw_atomic_xor(9), raw_atomic_fetch_xor(9),
raw_atomic_fetch_xor_acquire(9), raw_atomic_fetch_xor_release(9),
raw_atomic_fetch_xor_relaxed(9), raw_atomic_xchg(9),
raw_atomic_xchg_acquire(9), raw_atomic_xchg_release(9),
raw_atomic_xchg_relaxed(9), raw_atomic_cmpxchg(9),
raw_atomic_cmpxchg_acquire(9), raw_atomic_cmpxchg_release(9),
raw_atomic_cmpxchg_relaxed(9), raw_atomic_try_cmpxchg(9),
raw_atomic_try_cmpxchg_acquire(9), raw_atomic_try_cmpxchg_release(9),
raw_atomic_try_cmpxchg_relaxed(9), raw_atomic_sub_and_test(9),
raw_atomic_dec_and_test(9), raw_atomic_inc_and_test(9),
raw_atomic_add_negative(9), raw_atomic_add_negative_acquire(9),
raw_atomic_add_negative_release(9), raw_atomic_add_negative_relaxed(9),
raw_atomic_fetch_add_unless(9), raw_atomic_add_unless(9),
raw_atomic_inc_not_zero(9), raw_atomic_inc_unless_negative(9),
raw_atomic_dec_unless_positive(9), raw_atomic_dec_if_positive(9),
raw_atomic64_read(9), raw_atomic64_read_acquire(9), raw_atomic64_set(9),
raw_atomic64_set_release(9), raw_atomic64_add(9),
raw_atomic64_add_return(9), raw_atomic64_add_return_acquire(9),
raw_atomic64_add_return_release(9), raw_atomic64_add_return_relaxed(9),
raw_atomic64_fetch_add(9), raw_atomic64_fetch_add_acquire(9),
raw_atomic64_fetch_add_release(9), raw_atomic64_fetch_add_relaxed(9),
raw_atomic64_sub(9), raw_atomic64_sub_return(9),
raw_atomic64_sub_return_acquire(9), raw_atomic64_sub_return_release(9),
raw_atomic64_sub_return_relaxed(9), raw_atomic64_fetch_sub(9),
raw_atomic64_fetch_sub_acquire(9), raw_atomic64_fetch_sub_release(9),
raw_atomic64_fetch_sub_relaxed(9), raw_atomic64_inc(9),
raw_atomic64_inc_return(9), raw_atomic64_inc_return_acquire(9),
raw_atomic64_inc_return_release(9), raw_atomic64_inc_return_relaxed(9),
raw_atomic64_fetch_inc(9), raw_atomic64_fetch_inc_acquire(9),
raw_atomic64_fetch_inc_release(9), raw_atomic64_fetch_inc_relaxed(9),
raw_atomic64_dec(9), raw_atomic64_dec_return(9),
raw_atomic64_dec_return_acquire(9), raw_atomic64_dec_return_release(9),
raw_atomic64_dec_return_relaxed(9), raw_atomic64_fetch_dec(9),
raw_atomic64_fetch_dec_acquire(9), raw_atomic64_fetch_dec_release(9),
raw_atomic64_fetch_dec_relaxed(9), raw_atomic64_and(9),
raw_atomic64_fetch_and(9), raw_atomic64_fetch_and_acquire(9),
raw_atomic64_fetch_and_release(9), raw_atomic64_fetch_and_relaxed(9),
raw_atomic64_andnot(9), raw_atomic64_fetch_andnot(9),
raw_atomic64_fetch_andnot_acquire(9),
raw_atomic64_fetch_andnot_release(9),
raw_atomic64_fetch_andnot_relaxed(9), raw_atomic64_or(9),
raw_atomic64_fetch_or(9), raw_atomic64_fetch_or_acquire(9),
raw_atomic64_fetch_or_release(9), raw_atomic64_fetch_or_relaxed(9),
raw_atomic64_xor(9), raw_atomic64_fetch_xor(9),
raw_atomic64_fetch_xor_acquire(9), raw_atomic64_fetch_xor_release(9),
raw_atomic64_fetch_xor_relaxed(9), raw_atomic64_xchg(9),
raw_atomic64_xchg_acquire(9), raw_atomic64_xchg_release(9),
raw_atomic64_xchg_relaxed(9), raw_atomic64_cmpxchg(9),
raw_atomic64_cmpxchg_acquire(9), raw_atomic64_cmpxchg_release(9),
raw_atomic64_cmpxchg_relaxed(9), raw_atomic64_try_cmpxchg(9),
raw_atomic64_try_cmpxchg_acquire(9),
raw_atomic64_try_cmpxchg_release(9),
raw_atomic64_try_cmpxchg_relaxed(9), raw_atomic64_sub_and_test(9),
raw_atomic64_dec_and_test(9), raw_atomic64_inc_and_test(9),
raw_atomic64_add_negative(9), raw_atomic64_add_negative_acquire(9),
raw_atomic64_add_negative_release(9),
raw_atomic64_add_negative_relaxed(9), raw_atomic64_fetch_add_unless(9),
raw_atomic64_add_unless(9), raw_atomic64_inc_not_zero(9),
raw_atomic64_inc_unless_negative(9),
raw_atomic64_dec_unless_positive(9), raw_atomic64_dec_if_positive(9)

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and that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 🫶✨ this lil drop came from ./include/linux/atomic, dated October 2026 — literally a whole timestamped moment, and her manual name is Kernel API Manual, periodt 💅🎀