MEMPARSE(9)                       Basic Kernel Library Functions                      MEMPARSE(9)



NAME
       memparse - parse a string with mem suffixes into a number

SYNOPSIS
       unsigned long long memparse(const char * ptr, char ** retptr);

ARGUMENTS
       ptr
           Where parse begins

       retptr
           (output) Optional pointer to next char after parse completes

DESCRIPTION
       Parses a string into a number. The number stored at ptr is potentially suffixed with K, M,
       G, T, P, E.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                               MEMPARSE(9)