libnvme(2)

💖 NAME 💖

struct nvme_lba_status_log — the LBA Status Information Log, bestie ✨

Ok so picture this: the NVMe drive keeps a whole lil diary about which logical blocks are giving... nothing. Unreadable. Gone. And this struct? This struct is that diary. It's the LBA Status Information Log and it's lowkey iconic 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct nvme_lba_status_log {
    __le32 lslplen;
    __le32 nlslne;
    __le32 estulb;
    __u8 rsvd12[2];
    __le16 lsgc;
    struct nvme_lbas_ns_element elements[];
};

Look at her. Six fields and not one of them is filler (well, okay, one of them literally is filler, we'll get there 🙈). The trailing elements[] is a flexible array member so this whole thing is giving main character energy — it just keeps going until the log says stop.

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👑 Members 👑

The cast of characters, in order, no skips, no skimming, we respect the source fr fr.

• lslplen — __le32. The LBA Status Log Page Length. It's the length. Of the log page. She said what she said 💅
• nlslne — __le32. The Number of LBA Status Log Namespace Elements. Yes it's a mouthful, we're not renaming her. This is how many namespace elements are chillin' in that log.
• estulb — __le32. The Estimate of Unrecoverable Logical Blocks 😭 not the unrecoverable blocks. A whole estimate of how bad it is. It's giving "we did the math and... yeah."
• rsvd12 — __u8[2]. Reserved. That's it. That's the description. She's just some reserved padding bytes minding her own business, do not touch her 🫶
• lsgc — __le16. The LBA Status Generation Counter. Generational. Literally. It bumps when the status info gets a whole new era ✨
• elements — struct nvme_lbas_ns_element[]. The LBA Status Log Namespace Element List — the actual receipts, one entry per namespace element, trailing off the end of the struct like a group chat that never ends 💀

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🌈 gentle reminder bestie: every single one of these lil fields is little-endian (__le32, __le16), so vibe check your byte order before you go reading them raw. iykyk.

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That's the whole page, mwah 💋 This was libnvme(2) from the API Manual, page date July 2026, and the page is literally named struct nvme_lba_status_log. Slay, ate, no crumbs. Periodt 👑💖🦋