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function::atomic_long_read
Name
function::atomic_long_read — Retrieves an atomic long variable from kernel memory
Synopsis
atomic_long_read:long(addr:long)
Arguments
addr- pointer to atomic long variable
Description
Safely perform the read of an atomic long variable. This will be a NOP on kernels that do not have ATOMIC_LONG_INIT set on the kernel config.

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