__swab16s(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so this is __swab16s(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and she is literally here to byteswap a 16-bit value in-place. no cap, that's the whole vibe: 16-bit value, swapped right where it already lives 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature is giving:

void __swab16s (__u16 *p );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• p — pointer to a naturally-aligned 16-bit value. that's the assignment, bestie: p points at the naturally-aligned 16-bit value getting the byteswap treatment 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

peep the kernel file ./include/uapi/linux/swab.h, plus the whole linked squad:

• __swab16(9)
• __swab32(9)
• __swab64(9)
• __swahw32(9)
• __swahb32(9)
• __swab16p(9)
• __swab32p(9)
• __swab64p(9)
• __swahw32p(9)
• __swahb32p(9)
• __swab32s(9)
• __swab64s(9)
• __swahw32s(9)
• __swahb32s(9)

source/version and date, bb: ./include/uapi/linux, October 2026 — bye bestie, go byteswap responsibly 💖✨