raw_atomic_long_add(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, this is raw_atomic_long_add — the atomic add with relaxed ordering page from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s giving “one tiny atomic job, done beautifully.” 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature, exactly as written, no editing the fit:

void raw_atomic_long_add (long i , atomic_long_t *v );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • i — a long value to add. That’s the amount going into the mix. 💖
  • v — pointer to an atomic_long_t. This is the thing getting updated, main character energy. 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

It atomically updates v to (v + i) with relaxed ordering. Periodt — atomic update, relaxed ordering, exactly that.

No cap, it’s safe to use in noinstr code; the manpage says prefer atomic_long_add elsewhere. So this one is your noinstr-safe bestie, and atomic_long_add is the usual go-to for the rest. 🫶

⭐ RETURN ⭐

Nothing. Literally no return value to catch, just the update and bye. 😭

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole extended universe, bestie:

this page’s source/version is ./include/linux/atomic, dated October 2026 — mwah, slay, bye 💋✨

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