suse man page for bitmap_parselist

Query: bitmap_parselist

OS: suse

Section: 9

Format: Original Unix Latex Style Formatted with HTML and a Horizontal Scroll Bar

BITMAP_PARSELIST(9)					  Basic Kernel Library Functions				       BITMAP_PARSELIST(9)

NAME
bitmap_parselist - convert list format ASCII string to bitmap
SYNOPSIS
int bitmap_parselist(const char * bp, unsigned long * maskp, int nmaskbits);
ARGUMENTS
bp read nul-terminated user string from this buffer maskp write resulting mask here nmaskbits number of bits in mask to be written
DESCRIPTION
Input format is a comma-separated list of decimal numbers and ranges. Consecutively set bits are shown as two hyphen-separated decimal numbers, the smallest and largest bit numbers set in the range. Returns 0 on success, -errno on invalid input strings.
ERROR VALUES
-EINVAL: second number in range smaller than first -EINVAL: invalid character in string -ERANGE: bit number specified too large for mask
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. July 2010 BITMAP_PARSELIST(9)
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