int_to_short(9)

💖 int_to_short(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

int_to_short — safe casting of int to short 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

s8 int_to_short (int i );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• i — the integer that’s getting converted to a short ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So a device register uses 1 byte to store a signed integer 🫶 this helper function converts the int into a signed short, using the min/max values that the device can measure as limits. Those min/max values are defined by a macro 💅 no cap.

👑 RETURN 👑

It returns a short in the range of the min/max value 🌈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/w1/slaves/w1_therm.c struct — plus all these iconic references, bestie:

• w1_therm_family_converter(9)
• struct w1_therm_family_data(9)
• struct therm_info(9)
• reset_select_slave(9)
• convert_t(9)
• read_scratchpad(9)
• write_scratchpad(9)
• copy_scratchpad(9)
• recall_eeprom(9)
• read_powermode(9)
• trigger_bulk_read(9)
• w1_therm_add_slave(9)
• w1_therm_remove_slave(9)
• w1_DS18B20_convert_temp(9)
• w1_DS18S20_convert_temp(9)
• w1_DS1825_convert_temp(9)
• device_family(9)
• bus_mutex_lock(9)
• check_family_data(9)
• bulk_read_support(9)
• conversion_time(9)
• temperature_from_RAM(9)
• w1_poll_completion(9)

okay that’s the whole page, bestie 🫶 cute little footer vibes: source/version is ./drivers/w1/slaves, dated October 2026, and this manual page is int_to_short(9) 💅✨ bye 😭💖