raw_read_seqcount_begin(9)

raw_read_seqcount_begin(9)

okay so bestie, this is the Kernel API Manual page for raw_read_seqcount_begin(9) — the function for beginning a seqcount_t read section w/o lockdep. no cap, that's the whole vibe. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

raw_read_seqcount_begin — begin a seqcount_t read section w/o lockdep. that's it, that's the function. 🦋

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

here's the exact call shape, copied with love:

raw_read_seqcount_begin (s );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• s — pointer to seqcount_t or any of the seqcount_LOCKNAME_t variants. this is the seqcount thing you're working with, bestie. ✨

💖 RETURN 💖

the count to be passed to read_seqcount_retry. keep it, you'll need it for the retry check. 👑

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./include/linux/seqlock.h — plus the entire seqlock friend group, every single one, no skips:

• seqcount_init(9), SEQCNT_ZERO(9), __read_seqcount_begin(9), read_seqcount_begin(9), raw_read_seqcount(9), raw_seqcount_try_begin(9), raw_seqcount_begin(9), __read_seqcount_retry(9), read_seqcount_retry(9)
• raw_write_seqcount_begin(9), raw_write_seqcount_end(9), write_seqcount_begin_nested(9), write_seqcount_begin(9), write_seqcount_end(9), raw_write_seqcount_barrier(9), write_seqcount_invalidate(9)
• SEQCNT_LATCH_ZERO(9), seqcount_latch_init(9), raw_read_seqcount_latch(9), read_seqcount_latch(9), raw_read_seqcount_latch_retry(9), read_seqcount_latch_retry(9), raw_write_seqcount_latch(9), write_seqcount_latch_begin(9), write_seqcount_latch(9), write_seqcount_latch_end(9)
• seqlock_init(9), DEFINE_SEQLOCK(9), read_seqbegin(9), read_seqretry(9), write_seqlock(9), write_sequnlock(9), write_seqlock_bh(9), write_sequnlock_bh(9), write_seqlock_irq(9), write_sequnlock_irq(9), write_seqlock_irqsave(9), write_sequnlock_irqrestore(9)
• read_seqlock_excl(9), read_sequnlock_excl(9), read_seqlock_excl_bh(9), read_sequnlock_excl_bh(9), read_seqlock_excl_irq(9), read_sequnlock_excl_irq(9), read_seqlock_excl_irqsave(9), read_sequnlock_excl_irqrestore(9), read_seqbegin_or_lock(9), need_seqretry(9), done_seqretry(9), read_seqbegin_or_lock_irqsave(9), done_seqretry_irqrestore(9), scoped_seqlock_read(9)

mwah 💋 sign-off time: source/version is ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and this whole page is for raw_read_seqcount_begin(9). 🫶