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.Dd April 22, 2012
.Dt CK_BITMAP_SIZE 3
.Sh NAME
.Nm ck_bitmap_size
.Nd returns necessary number of bytes for bitmap
.Sh LIBRARY
Concurrency Kit (libck, \-lck)
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In ck_bitmap.h
.Ft unsigned int
.Fn ck_bitmap_size "unsigned int n_bits"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn ck_bitmap_size
function returns the number of bytes that are necessary
to allocate for a bitmap that will contain the number
of bits specified by
.Fa n_bits .
.Pp
This function is used to determine how many bytes to
allocate for dynamically created bitmap objects. The
allocated object must still be initialized using
.Xr ck_bitmap_init 3 .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
This function returns a non-zero value.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ck_bitmap_base 3 ,
.Xr ck_bitmap_init 3 ,
.Xr ck_bitmap_set_mpmc 3 ,
.Xr ck_bitmap_reset_mpmc 3 ,
.Xr ck_bitmap_test 3 ,
.Xr ck_bitmap_clear 3 ,
.Xr ck_bitmap_bits 3 ,
.Xr ck_bitmap_buffer 3
.Pp
Additional information available at http://concurrencykit.org/
