alloc_read_gpt_entries(9)

💖 alloc_read_gpt_entries(9) 💖

okay so bestie, this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s giving “partition table girlie” energy. The whole vibe: you want GPT entries read from disk, and this function is the main character who handles it. let’s go 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

alloc_read_gpt_entries — reads partition entries from disk. periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

gpt_entry * alloc_read_gpt_entries (struct parsed_partitions *state , gpt_header *gpt );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• state — disk parsed partitions
• gpt — GPT header

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

On success, this returns ptes. On error, it gives you NULL — sad but true 😭. It allocates space for PTEs based on information found in gpt.

🦋 NOTES 🦋

💀 remember to free pte when you’re done! no cap, do not ghost your memory.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these next, iykyk:

• Kernel file ./block/partitions/efi.c
• efi_crc32(9)
• last_lba(9)
• is_pmbr_valid(9)
• read_lba(9)
• alloc_read_gpt_header(9)
• is_gpt_valid(9)
• is_pte_valid(9)
• compare_gpts(9)
• find_valid_gpt(9)
• utf16_le_to_7bit(9)
• efi_partition(9)

xoxo, your source/version is ./block/partitions and the date on this baby is October 2026 — stay slaying bestie 🫶💖