.TH "memset" 9 "memset" "25 May 1998" "Kernel Hacker's Manual" LINUX .SH NAME memset \- Fill a region of memory with the given value .SH SYNOPSIS .B "void *" memset .BI "(void *" s "," .BI "int " c "," .BI "size_t " count ");" .SH ARGUMENTS .IP "s" 12 Pointer to the start of the area. .IP "c" 12 The byte to fill the area with .IP "count" 12 The size of the area. .SH "DESCRIPTION" Do not use \fBmemset\fP to access IO space, use \fBmemset_io\fP instead.