__swahw32(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for __swahw32(9), bestie! This function is here to return a word-swapped 32-bit value, and yes that's the whole personality 💅✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the signature is giving minimal main character energy:

__swahw32 (x );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• x — the value to wordswap, no cap 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

the vibe check is literally right here: __swahw32(0x12340000) is 0x00001234 — that's the example, periodt 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file: ./include/uapi/linux/swab.h

and the whole squad is:

• __swab16(9)
• __swab32(9)
• __swab64(9)
• __swahb32(9)
• __swab16p(9)
• __swab32p(9)
• __swab64p(9)
• __swahw32p(9)
• __swahb32p(9)
• __swab16s(9)
• __swab32s(9)
• __swab64s(9)
• __swahw32s(9)
• __swahb32s(9)

xoxo, your kernel bestie 🧚💜 — this __swahw32(9) page came from ./include/uapi/linux and is stamped October 2026, slay 🎀✨