upper_16_bits(9)

upper_16_bits(9) 💅

okay so bestie, this little cutie lives in the Kernel API Manual, and it is genuinely just here to return bits 16-31 of a number. one job, one vibe, and it ate. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

upper_16_bits — return bits 16-31 of a number 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

upper_16_bits (n );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• n — the number we’re accessing 👑

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file 😭
• ./tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/primitives/linux/wordpart.h 🦋
• upper_32_bits(9), lower_32_bits(9), lower_16_bits(9), REPEAT_BYTE(9), REPEAT_BYTE_U32(9) 🌈

okay that’s the whole page, no cap 💖 the footer says source/version ./tools/testing/selftests/powe... and October 2026, so yeah, that’s the timestamp bestie 🎀💅