FIELD_MAX(9)

💖 FIELD_MAX(9) — kernel API manual 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

FIELD_MAX — bestie, it produces the maximum value representable by a field. That’s the whole assignment, and it ate. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

FIELD_MAX (_mask );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• _mask — the shifted mask defining the field’s length and position. Like, it tells you where the field lives and how wide it is. Slay. 🦋

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

FIELD_MAX returns the maximum value that can be held in the field specified by _mask. No cap, no drama — it’s literally giving “what’s the biggest value this field can hold?” energy. ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./tools/include/linux/bitfield.h, plus FIELD_FIT(9), FIELD_PREP(9), and FIELD_GET(9) — go read those too, iykyk. 📚💖

source vibes: ./tools/include/linux · date: October 2026 · stay iconic, bestie 💅🎀✨