lower_32_bits(9)

💫 lower_32_bits(9) 💫

okay so real talk, bestie — welcome to the lower_32_bits page, straight out of the Kernel API Manual. This one's short and sweet and honestly iconic in its own lowkey way. Let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

lower_32_bits — returns bits 0-31 of a number, no cap 💅

Like… that's it. That's the whole job. It grabs the bottom half and hands it to you like a little gift 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

lower_32_bits (n );

yep, that's the whole call. literally one argument. we love a low-maintenance function ✨

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• n — the number we're accessing 👀 that's the one you're pulling those bits 0-31 out of, bestie. give it a number and it does its thing 🍓

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so if you wanna keep exploring (and you should, main character energy tbh), go check these out 👑

• Kernel file — ./tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/primitives/linux/wordpart.h
• upper_32_bits(9) 💜
• upper_16_bits(9) 💜
• lower_16_bits(9) 💜
• REPEAT_BYTE(9) 💜
• REPEAT_BYTE_U32(9) 💜

the whole bit-slicing fam fr fr. one big happy wordpart household 😭🔥

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ngl this page is short but it ate. read the SEE ALSO list, iykyk 💀

and that's a wrap, bestie!! 🌸 this cutie of a page comes to you from ./tools/testing/selftests/powe..., dated October 2026, and it's forever filed under lower_32_bits(9) 💖 go slice some bits, you're gonna slay ✨🧚