ror8(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is ror8(9), straight outta the Kernel API Manual, and it is literally the function for one job: rotate an 8-bit value right. no cap, that's the whole name. periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the exact signature, do not freestyle it:

__u8 ror8 (__u8 word , unsigned int shift );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• word — the value to rotate. that's the thing getting spun, okay? 🌀
• shift — the bits to roll. yes, "roll" is the word the page uses, we're keeping it. 🎲

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file is ./include/linux/bitops.h — that's the home base, iykyk. 🏡

• rol64(9)
• ror64(9)
• rol32(9)
• ror32(9)
• rol16(9)
• ror16(9)
• rol8(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)

that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 — signed off from ./include/linux, October 2026, ror8(9). 💖