.TH "set_bit" 9 "set_bit" "25 May 1998" "Kernel Hacker's Manual" LINUX
.SH NAME
set_bit \-  Atomically set a bit in memory
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "void" set_bit
.BI "(int " nr ","
.BI "volatile void *" addr ");"
.SH ARGUMENTS
.IP "nr" 12
 the bit to set
.IP "addr" 12
 the address to start counting from
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
This function is atomic and may not be reordered.  See \fB__set_bit\fP
if you do not require the atomic guarantees.
Note that \fInr\fP may be almost arbitrarily large; this function is not
restricted to acting on a single-word quantity.