.TH "ffz" 9 "ffz" "25 May 1998" "Kernel Hacker's Manual" LINUX .SH NAME ffz \- find first zero in word. .SH SYNOPSIS .B "unsigned long" ffz .BI "(unsigned long " word ");" .SH ARGUMENTS .IP "word" 12 The word to search .SH "DESCRIPTION" Undefined if no zero exists, so code should check against ~0UL first.