imax(9) [netbsd man page]

IMAX(9) 						   BSD Kernel Developer's Manual						   IMAX(9)

NAME

     imax, imin, lmax, lmin, max, min, ulmax, ulmin -- compare integers

SYNOPSIS

     int
     imax(int a, int b);

     int
     imin(int a, int b);

     long
     lmax(long a, long b);

     long
     lmin(long a, long b);

     u_int
     max(u_int a, u_int b);

     u_int
     min(u_int a, u_int b);

     u_long
     ulmax(u_long a, u_long b);

     u_long
     ulmin(u_long a, u_long b);

DESCRIPTION

     The imin(), lmin(), min(), and ulmin() functions return whichever argument is algebraically smaller, differing only in their argument and
     return types: these functions operate on, respectively, natural size, long, unsigned and unsigned long integers.

     The imax(), lmax(), max(), and ulmax() functions are identical except that they return the algebraically larger argument between a and b.

SEE ALSO

     ilog2(3)

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								   June 8, 2010 							       BSD

CASU(9) 						   BSD Kernel Developer's Manual						   CASU(9)

NAME

     casueword, casueword32, casuword, casuword32 -- fetch, compare and store data from user-space

SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <sys/systm.h>

     int
     casueword(volatile u_long *base, u_long oldval, u_long *oldvalp, u_long newval);

     int
     casueword32(volatile uint32_t *base, uint32_t oldval, uint32_t *oldvalp, uint32_t newval);

     u_long
     casuword(volatile u_long *base, u_long oldval, u_long newval);

     uint32_t
     casuword32(volatile uint32_t *base, uint32_t oldval, uint32_t newval);

DESCRIPTION

     The casueword functions are designed to perform atomic compare-and-swap operation on the value in the usermode memory of the current process.

     The casueword routines reads the value from user memory with address base, and compare the value read with oldval.  If the values are equal,
     newval is written to the *base.  In case of casueword32() and casueword(), old value is stored into the (kernel-mode) variable pointed by
     *oldvalp.	The userspace value must be naturally aligned.

     The callers of casuword() and casuword32() functions cannot distinguish between -1 read from userspace and function failure.

RETURN VALUES

     The casuword() and casuword32() functions return the data fetched or -1 on failure.  The casueword() and casueword32() functions return 0 on
     success and -1 on failure.

SEE ALSO

     atomic(9), fetch(9), store(9)

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