__mips_clear_bit(9)

💖 NAME 💖

hey bestie 💖 welcome to __mips_clear_bit(9) from the Kernel API Manual — yes, section 9, we're literally clearing a bit in memory together, slay ✨

Okay so __mips_clear_bit clears a bit in memory. It gets called by clear_bit() if it cannot find a faster solution — like, it's the "bestie, I got you" fallback, no cap 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the signature, copy it exactly bestie 💅

void __mips_clear_bit (unsigned long nr , volatile unsigned long *addr );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• nr — the bit to clear. Like, which bit we're clearing, periodt 🎯
• addr — the address to start counting from. That's the starting point, bestie 📍

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./arch/mips/lib/bitops.c is the spot 👑, and the whole bitops squad is:

• __mips_set_bit(9)
• __mips_change_bit(9)
• __mips_test_and_set_bit_lock(9)
• __mips_test_and_clear_bit(9)
• __mips_test_and_change_bit(9)

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mwah 💋 that's the page! source/version footer vibes live at ./arch/mips/lib, dated October 2026, and this is __mips_clear_bit(9) signing off. bye bestie 🫶