raw_atomic_..._xor_relaxed(9)

💅 raw_atomic_..._xor_relaxed(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page

okay so bestie, welcome to raw_atomic_..._xor_relaxed(9) from the Kernel API Manual — yes the title is literally abbreviated with dots, that's just how the man page header rolls, don't @ me. the actual function you're here for is raw_atomic_long_fetch_xor_relaxed and she is a whole mood. 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

raw_atomic_long_fetch_xor_relaxed — atomic bitwise XOR with relaxed ordering. it's giving "flip the bits, but make it chill." 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

long raw_atomic_long_fetch_xor_relaxed (long i , atomic_long_t *v );

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🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

• i — a long value. just a long. that's the whole vibe. it's the thing you're XOR-ing in. 💜
• v — pointer to atomic_long_t. this is the main character — the atomically-updated variable herself. 👑

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Atomically updates v to (v ^ i) with relaxed ordering. no cap, that's literally it — one clean atomic XOR, lowkey elegant, highkey correct. ⭐

Safe to use in noinstr code; prefer atomic_long_fetch_xor_relaxed elsewhere. like, raw_ is the special-occasion fit you wear into noinstr territory — everywhere else, the regular one is the everyday slay. 💅

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

The original value of v. not the new one, bestie — the before picture. the fetch part is fetching the old value, iykyk. 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-long.h — home of the whole atomic long family, go say hi. 💖

and now the full friend group, all of them, no one left out (I would never 🙈):

• raw_atomic_long_read(9), raw_atomic_long_read_acquire(9)
• raw_atomic_long_set(9), raw_atomic_long_set_release(9)
• raw_atomic_long_add(9), raw_atomic_long_add_return(9), raw_atomic_long_add_return_acquire(9), raw_atomic_long_add_return_release(9), raw_atomic_long_add_return_relaxed(9)
• raw_atomic_long_fetch_add(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_add_acquire(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_add_release(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_add_relaxed(9)
• raw_atomic_long_sub(9), raw_atomic_long_sub_return(9), raw_atomic_long_sub_return_acquire(9), raw_atomic_long_sub_return_release(9), raw_atomic_long_sub_return_relaxed(9)
• raw_atomic_long_fetch_sub(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_sub_acquire(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_sub_release(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_sub_relaxed(9)
• raw_atomic_long_inc(9), raw_atomic_long_inc_return(9), raw_atomic_long_inc_return_acquire(9), raw_atomic_long_inc_return_release(9), raw_atomic_long_inc_return_relaxed(9)
• raw_atomic_long_fetch_inc(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_inc_acquire(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_inc_release(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_inc_relaxed(9)
• raw_atomic_long_dec(9), raw_atomic_long_dec_return(9), raw_atomic_long_dec_return_acquire(9), raw_atomic_long_dec_return_release(9), raw_atomic_long_dec_return_relaxed(9)
• raw_atomic_long_fetch_dec(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_dec_acquire(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_dec_release(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_dec_relaxed(9)
• raw_atomic_long_and(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_and(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_and_acquire(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_and_release(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_and_relaxed(9)
• raw_atomic_long_andnot(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_andnot(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_andnot_acquire(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_andnot_release(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_andnot_relaxed(9)
• raw_atomic_long_or(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_or(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_or_acquire(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_or_release(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_or_relaxed(9)
• raw_atomic_long_xor(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_xor(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_xor_acquire(9), raw_atomic_long_fetch_xor_release(9)
• raw_atomic_long_xchg(9), raw_atomic_long_xchg_acquire(9), raw_atomic_long_xchg_release(9), raw_atomic_long_xchg_relaxed(9)
• raw_atomic_long_cmpxchg(9), raw_atomic_long_cmpxchg_acquire(9), raw_atomic_long_cmpxchg_release(9), raw_atomic_long_cmpxchg_relaxed(9)
• raw_atomic_long_try_cmpxchg(9), raw_atomic_long_try_cmpxchg_acquire(9), raw_atomic_long_try_cmpxchg_release(9), raw_atomic_long_try_cmpxchg_relaxed(9)
• raw_atomic_long_sub_and_test(9), raw_atomic_long_dec_and_test(9), raw_atomic_long_inc_and_test(9)
• raw_atomic_long_add_negative(9), raw_atomic_long_add_negative_acquire(9), raw_atomic_long_add_negative_release(9), raw_atomic_long_add_negative_relaxed(9)
• raw_atomic_long_fetch_add_unless(9), raw_atomic_long_add_unless(9)
• raw_atomic_long_inc_not_zero(9), raw_atomic_long_inc_unless_negative(9), raw_atomic_long_dec_unless_positive(9), raw_atomic_long_dec_if_positive(9)

like okay that's a lot of siblings but they're all iconic in their own way, go read them, they ate. 💀

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and that's the page bestie!! this lil beauty lives at ./include/linux/atomic and the date stamp on her is October 2026 — so she's from the future, main character energy fr fr. go XOR something atomically. mwah 🍓💜✨