ATOMIC_ADD_NEGATIVE

Section: (9)
Updated: 13 April 2004
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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. Note that the guaranteed useful range of an atomic_t is only 24 bits.  

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