memset16(9)

💖 memset16(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for memset16 — yes that's the manual page name right there in the title, we're being official today ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

memset16 — fill a memory area with a uint16_t 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void * memset16 (uint16_t *s , uint16_t v , size_t count );

like, that's the whole vibe. short. sweet. iconic. 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• s — pointer to the start of the area 💅 this is where the magic goes, bestie
• v — the value you wanna fill the area with 🌸
• count — the number of values to store ⭐

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So here's the tea: it differs from memset in that it fills with a uint16_t instead of a byte. that's literally the whole plot twist 🫶

⚠️ reminder bestie ⚠️ count is the number of uint16_ts to store, not the number of bytes. do not come for me if you get this wrong, i warned you 😭💀

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🐚 SEE ALSO 🐚

Kernel file ./lib/string.c — and the whole friend group: strncasecmp(9), stpcpy(9), strcmp(9), strncmp(9), strchr(9), strchrnul(9), strnchrnul(9), strrchr(9), strnchr(9), strspn(9), strcspn(9), strpbrk(9), strsep(9), memset(9), memset32(9), memset64(9), memcpy(9), memmove(9), memcmp(9), bcmp(9), memscan(9), strstr(9), strnstr(9), memchr(9), memchr_inv(9) 🦋✨

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and that's the whole page, no cap 💅 signing off from ./lib with the October 2026 edition of memset16(9) — slay, stay hydrated, and always count your uint16_ts 🎀💖🌈