append_sector_entries(9)

💅 append_sector_entries(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for append_sector_entries(9) — manual name folded in near the top, cute, we move. This one is lowkey specific and highkey useful, so let's get into it. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

append_sector_entries — appends an array of recovery journal entries from a journal block sector to the array of numbered mappings in the repair completion, numbering each entry in the order they are appended. fr fr, that's the whole job. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

       void append_sector_entries (struct repair_completion *repair , char
       *entries , enum vdo_metadata_type format , journal_entry_count_t
       entry_count );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• repair — the repair completion. that's the completion bestie in question.
• entries — the entries in the sector. literally the sector's little entry squad.
• format — the format of the sector. gotta know the format situation.
• entry_count — the number of entries to append. count 'em and append 'em. 🔥

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/repair.c — that's the home base for this whole friend group. 💖

• as_repair_completion(9)
• abort_repair(9)
• abort_on_error(9)
• drain_slab_depot(9)
• flush_block_map_updates(9)
• handle_page_load_error(9)
• unmap_entry(9)
• remove_out_of_bounds_entries(9)
• process_slot(9)
• rebuild_reference_counts_from_page(9)
• page_loaded(9)
• fetch_page(9)
• rebuild_from_leaves(9)
• process_entry(9)
• advance_points(9)
• before_recovery_point(9)
• get_entry(9)
• validate_recovery_journal_entry(9)
• add_slab_journal_entries(9)
• vdo_replay_into_slab_journals(9)
• find_entry_starting_next_page(9)
• get_recovery_journal_block_header(9)
• is_valid_recovery_journal_block(9)
• is_exact_recovery_journal_block(9)
• find_recovery_journal_head_and_tail(9)
• unpack_entry(9)
• extract_new_mappings(9)
• compute_usages(9)
• vdo_repair(9)

okay bye bestie — this page came from ./drivers/md/dm-vdo, date-stamped October 2026, and it's the append_sector_entries(9) chapter of the Kernel API Manual. slay 💖