clear_bit(9)

💅 clear_bit(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes it's giving official docs but we're gonna make it make sense 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

clear_bit — literally just clears a bit in memory, that's the whole vibe 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• nr — the bit you wanna clear, bestie. that's the one. pick it. 👑
• addr — the address where you start counting from 🦋

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

This one is a relaxed atomic operation — and no, it does not imply any memory barriers. not a single one. zero. none. don't come for me, that's just how it is 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• kernel file ./include/asm-generic/bitops/instrumented-atomic.h
• set_bit(9)
• change_bit(9)
• test_and_set_bit(9)
• test_and_clear_bit(9)
• test_and_change_bit(9)

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and that's the whole page, no cap 🧚💜 this lil icon came out of ./include/asm-generic/bitops, dated October 2026, and it was clear_bit(9) the entire time. slay, go clear some bits responsibly 🍓✨