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__change_bit(9)

July 19, 2007 - 1:24am
Submitted by Jeremy on July 19, 2007 - 1:24am.

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    NAME, SYNOPSIS, ARGUMENTS, DESCRIPTION, COPYRIGHT

    "__CHANGE_BIT" "9" "July 2007" "Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.22" "Basic C Library Functions"

    NAME

    __change_bit - Toggle a bit in memory

    SYNOPSIS

    "void __change_bit(int " "nr" ", volatile unsigned long * " "addr" ");"

    ARGUMENTS

    nr

    the bit to change
    addr
    the address to start counting from

    DESCRIPTION

    Unlike change_bitfR, this function is non-atomic and may be reordered. If it's called on the same region of memory simultaneously, the effect may be that only one operation succeeds.

    COPYRIGHT

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