bitmap_print_to_buf(9)

💖 NAME 💖

bitmap_print_to_buf — bestie, this one converts a bitmap into an ASCII string, either as a list or as hex. two formats, one function, we love a multitasker ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int bitmap_print_to_buf (bool list , char *buf , const unsigned long
*maskp , int nmaskbits , loff_t off , size_t count );

okay so it takes six things and gives you back an int, that's the whole vibe 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• list — this is the "which format tho" switch, and it is literally a bool so you have exactly two choices:
  • true → print it as a decimal list format 🍓
  • false → print it as a hexadecimal bitmask format 🔥
• buf — the buffer where the string gets placed. this is the destination, the moment, the main character 🎀
• maskp — pointer to the bitmap you want converted. the actual source material 👑
• nmaskbits — the size of the bitmap, measured in bits. yes, bits, not bytes, don't get it twisted 🙈
• off — in the string from which we are copying, we copy to buf. that's the offset situation, ngl just pass it through 🫶
• count — the maximum number of bytes to print. the cap, the limit, the "that's enough out of you" 💀

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

kernel file ./lib/bitmap-str.c and its whole friend group, iykyk:

• bitmap_parse_user(9)
• bitmap_print_bitmask_to_buf(9)
• bitmap_print_list_to_buf(9)
• bitmap_parselist(9)
• bitmap_parselist_user(9)
• bitmap_parse(9)

like, the whole bitmap cinematic universe is right there, go read them too 🌈

🧚 SIGN-OFF 🧚

and that's the page!! brought to you by the source file under ./lib, dated October 2026, living in the Kernel API Manual as bitmap_print_to_buf(9). slay, go print some bitmaps, periodt 💜🦋