badblocks_clear(9)

💖 badblocks_clear(9) 💖

okay so before we even start — hi bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 🌸 this is badblocks_clear(9), and it's lowkey the cleanup crew of the badblocks family. let's get into it ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

badblocks_clear — remove a range of bad blocks to the table 🧹💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool badblocks_clear (struct badblocks *bb , sector_t s , sector_t sectors );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bb — the badblocks structure that holds all the badblock information, like the group chat archive of everything sus 📋
• s — first sector to mark as bad 📍
• sectors — number of sectors to mark as bad 🔢

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so like, this may involve extending the table if we spilt a region — but the one thing it must not do is fail. periodt. so if the table becomes full, we just drop the remove request 🙈 like, no drama, we simply do not proceed. it's giving "not me making it work by refusing to work" energy 💀

⭐ RETURN ⭐

• true: success 👑
• false: failed to clear badblocks 😭

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

bestie go read the kernel file ./block/badblocks.c for the whole lore iykyk, plus the rest of the squad:

• badblocks_check(9)
• badblocks_set(9)
• ack_all_badblocks(9)
• badblocks_show(9)
• badblocks_store(9)
• badblocks_init(9)
• badblocks_exit(9)

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fr fr the table must never fail, and if it's full we just drop the request — that's the whole vibe check and it is non-negotiable 🫶

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