vli_cmp(9)

💖 NAME 💖

vli_cmp — compare left and right vlis 💅✨

Okay bestie, you're on the vli_cmp(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 🌈, and the whole NAME situation is literally “compare left and right vlis.” Short, iconic, no notes. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int vli_cmp (const u64 *left , const u64 *right , unsigned int ndigits
);

That's the exact signature, bestie — keep it looking just like that. 💖

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

Three arguments, and the manpage keeps them super simple:

• left — vli
• right — vli
• ndigits — length of both vlis

🔥 RETURN 🔥

The return value is the sign of left - right, i.e.:

• -1 if left < right
• 0 if left == right
• 1 if left > right

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

Kernel file ./include/crypto/internal/ecc.h and the whole friend group:

• ecc_swap_digits(9)
• ecc_digits_from_bytes(9)
• ecc_is_key_valid(9)
• ecc_gen_privkey(9)
• ecc_make_pub_key(9)
• crypto_ecdh_shared_secret(9)
• ecc_is_pubkey_valid_partial(9)
• ecc_is_pubkey_valid_full(9)
• vli_is_zero(9)
• vli_sub(9)
• vli_from_be64(9)
• vli_from_le64(9)
• vli_mod_inv(9)
• vli_mod_mult_slow(9)
• vli_num_bits(9)
• ecc_alloc_point(9)
• ecc_free_point(9)
• ecc_point_is_zero(9)
• ecc_point_mult_shamir(9)

That's the whole page, bestie 🫶 — source/version ./include/crypto/internal, date October 2026, title vli_cmp(9). Bye and slay 💖✨