lower_16_bits(9)

okay bestie, we're looking at lower_16_bits(9) from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally a tiny icon 💅✨

💖 NAME 💖

lower_16_bits — return bits 0-15 of a number. that's the whole flex, no cap 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

lower_16_bits (n );

lowkey short and sweet, the way that synopsis ate 🌸

🌈 ARGUMENTS 🌈

• n — the number we're accessing. it's giving "just pass the number, bestie" 💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file
• ./tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/primitives/linux/wordpart.h
• upper_32_bits(9)
• lower_32_bits(9)
• upper_16_bits(9)
• REPEAT_BYTE(9)
• REPEAT_BYTE_U32(9)

okay that's the whole page, bestie 💖 cute sign-off time: the footer's source/version is ./tools/testing/selftests/powe..., the date is October 2026, and the footer title is lower_16_bits(9) too. slay ✨👑