rol8(9)

okay bestie, welcome to rol8(9) from the Kernel API Manual — the little kernel icon that will rotate an 8-bit value left and honestly? slay. 💅✨

✨ NAME ✨

rol8 — rotate an 8-bit value left. that’s the whole job, no cap. 👑

🌀 SYNOPSIS 🌀

here’s the signature, bestie — keep it exactly as written, spacing and all:

__u8 rol8 (__u8 word , unsigned int shift );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• word — value to rotate. this is the 8-bit cutie getting the spin. 🌀
• shift — bits to roll. how many bits we’re rolling, periodt. 💫

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

the whole group chat is here, plus the Kernel file where it lives:

• Kernel file: ./include/linux/bitops.h — home base. 🏠
• rol64(9), ror64(9), rol32(9), ror32(9), rol16(9), ror16(9), ror8(9), sign_extend32(9), sign_extend64(9), get_count_order_long(9), parity8(9), __ffs64(9), fns(9), assign_bit(9), __ptr_set_bit(9), __ptr_clear_bit(9), __ptr_test_bit(9) — go read these too, iykyk. 🔥

mwah 💋 this page comes from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it’s literally rol8(9). bye bestie, go rotate something cute! 🫶🌸