assign_bit(9)

assign_bit(9) 💖

Okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for assign_bit, bestie — manual name folded in like a little name tag, no boring header line, we move ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

assign_bit — assign value to a bit in memory. It’s giving “one bit, one value, memory said noted” energy, and honestly? Obsessed 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

assign_bit (nr , addr , value );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• nr — the bit to set. The main character bit, lowkey.
• addr — the address to start counting from. Your starting point, fr fr.
• value — the value to assign. The thing getting written, periodt.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./include/linux/bitops.h

• rol64(9)
• ror64(9)
• rol32(9)
• ror32(9)
• rol16(9)
• ror16(9)
• rol8(9)
• ror8(9)
• sign_extend32(9)
• sign_extend64(9)
• get_count_order_long(9)
• parity8(9)
• __ffs64(9)
• fns(9)
• __ptr_set_bit(9)
• __ptr_clear_bit(9)
• __ptr_test_bit(9)

Cute little sign-off bestie: source/version is ./include/linux, date is October 2026, and the page is still assign_bit(9) — bye, slay, 💖🫶