1BITMAP_PARSELIST(9)     Basic Kernel Library Functions     BITMAP_PARSELIST(9)
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NAME

6       bitmap_parselist - convert list format ASCII string to bitmap
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SYNOPSIS

9       int bitmap_parselist(const char * bp, unsigned long * maskp,
10                            int nmaskbits);
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ARGUMENTS

13       bp
14           read nul-terminated user string from this buffer
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17           write resulting mask here
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20           number of bits in mask to be written
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DESCRIPTION

23       Input format is a comma-separated list of decimal numbers and ranges.
24       Consecutively set bits are shown as two hyphen-separated decimal
25       numbers, the smallest and largest bit numbers set in the range.
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27       Returns 0 on success, -errno on invalid input strings.
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ERROR VALUES

30       -EINVAL: second number in range smaller than first -EINVAL: invalid
31       character in string -ERANGE: bit number specified too large for mask
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