iova_bitmap_set(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so this is the iova_bitmap_set(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 💖 and the function Records an IOVA range in bitmap — it's giving tiny-but-iconic API, no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the signature, copy it exactly, fr fr:

void iova_bitmap_set (struct iova_bitmap *bitmap , unsigned long iova ,
       size_t length );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bitmap — IOVA bitmap. the bitmap bestie in question 🫶
• iova — IOVA to start. where the range starts, literally the starting point ✨
• length — IOVA range length. how long the range is, periodt 📏

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

the whole serve here is: Set the bits corresponding to the range [iova .. iova+length-1] in the user bitmap. that's it. that's the tea ☕ iconic behavior, no notes 💅. the return type is void, so there's no return value to catch — it's right there in the synopsis, bestie 😭.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/iommu/iommufd/iova_bitmap.c — go be nosy, iykyk 📚

the related crew on the guest list:

• iova_bitmap_alloc(9)
• iova_bitmap_free(9)
• iova_bitmap_for_each(9)

mwah 💋 source/version ./drivers/iommu/iommufd, date October 2026, title iova_bitmap_set(9) — bye bestie 🫶