ATOMIC_ADD_NEGATIVE

Section: Driver Basics (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

atomic_add_negative - add and test if negative  

SYNOPSIS

int atomic_add_negative(int i, atomic_t * v);
 

ARGUMENTS

i

integer value to add

v

pointer of type atomic_t
 

DESCRIPTION

Atomically adds i to v and returns true if the result is negative, or false when result is greater than or equal to zero.  

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