raw_atomic_long_set_release(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 raw_atomic_long_set_release(9) — Kernel API Manual 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the raw_atomic_long_set_release page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a lil short-and-sweet icon, but she's got a whole squad of friends in SEE ALSO, so buckle up 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

raw_atomic_long_set_release — atomic set with release ordering 🔥

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void raw_atomic_long_set_release (atomic_long_t *v , long i );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • v — pointer to atomic_long_t 👑 like, the address of the thing you're about to set
  • i — long value to assign 🍓 the actual number going in

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So basically: it atomically sets v to i with release ordering ✨ that's the whole vibe. Atomic, release-y, done.

And the tea ☕ — it's safe to use in noinstr code, which is kind of a big deal. But outside of that, you should prefer atomic_long_set_release instead. So like, use this one when you need the noinstr-safe raw version, and use the normal one everywhere else 💅

⭐ RETURN ⭐

Nothing. Nada. Zero. It returns void, so don't go looking for a return value, bestie 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Not me about to drop the entire friend group 😭💀 this page lists a lot of siblings, and they all live in the kernel file ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-long.h 🎀

okay that's genuinely the whole list, i counted, i did not skip a single one 🫶

and that's a wrap, bestie!! this page comes from the kernel source file ./include/linux/atomic and it's dated October 2026 — so like, future vibes ✨💖 thanks for reading, go set some atomics with release ordering, and slay 💅🎀🦋

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