raw_atomic_f..._inc_release(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 raw_atomic_f..._inc_release(9) — the Kernel API Manual, but make it cute ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the raw_atomic_f..._inc_release(9) one, the name got squished by the man-page generator and honestly? she's thriving anyway 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

raw_atomic_fetch_inc_release — atomic increment, but make it a release 💅 (ordering-wise, bestie, keep up)

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int raw_atomic_fetch_inc_release (atomic_t *v );

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. one function, one pointer, one int coming back at you 😌

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • v — pointer to atomic_t. literally just a pointer to the atomic thing you're about to bump. she's the main character of this function, no cap 🦋

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what does she do? Atomically updates v to (v + 1) — one clean, indivisible little ++ — and does it with release ordering. the way that one operation is both "add one" and "respect my memory ordering"… obsessed 💖

also important: Safe to use in noinstr code — like, genuinely safe, that's the whole point of the raw_ prefix — but prefer atomic_fetch_inc_release elsewhere. raw_ is the special-occasion one, not the everyday one. iykyk 🧚

ngl, if you're reaching for this and you're not in noinstr code, the manpage is gently asking you to use the non-raw version. it's giving "read the room" 💀

⭐ RETURN ⭐

The original value of v. ✨ Not the new one — the original one. the fetch part of the name is not decorative, bestie 🌈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

first up, the receipts — kernel file ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h 📁

and then…… the entire extended friend group. like, everyone showed up to this party. no one got left on read 🫶

💜 the raw_atomic_* girlies (32-bit era)

🦋 the raw_atomic64_* icons (64-bit, obviously)

🍓 sign-off 🍓

and that's the page, bestie!! this one lives in ./include/linux/atomic, dated October 2026, and it answers to the name raw_atomic_f..._inc_release(9) — yes, still squished, still iconic, we stan a truncated filename 🌟💖

go forth and increment atomically. periodt. 💅✨

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