memparse(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is memparse(9) from the Kernel API Manual — she parses a string with mem suffixes into a number, and honestly? iconic behavior. 💅✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

unsigned long long memparse (const char *ptr , char **retptr );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ptr — where the parse begins. like, the starting point of the whole situation. 📍
• retptr — (output) optional pointer to the next char after the parse completes. yes, she'll point you to where she stopped. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so memparse parses a string into a number. the number stored at ptr is potentially suffixed with K, M, G, T, P, E — that's the suffix menu, no cap. 🍓

🔥 RETURN 🔥

the return value is the value as recognized by simple_strtoull, multiplied by the value specified by the suffix, if any. math girlie said what she said. 🧮💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./lib/cmdline.c
• get_option(9)
• get_options(9)
• parse_option_str(9)

mwah 💋 and that's the page! cute little footer sign-off for the record: source/version ./lib, date October 2026, manual memparse(9). 🎀🦋