badblocks_init(9)

💅 badblocks_init(9) — Kernel API Manual

okay so bestie, welcome to badblocks_init — the function that gets your badblocks structure all set up and ready to slay ✨. Manual name is badblocks_init, section 9 (kernel API, iykyk), and she's literally the opening act for the whole badblocks saga.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

badblocks_init — initialize the badblocks structure 🎀

Like, she initializes it. That's the whole vibe. Main character energy for your struct badblocks.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int badblocks_init (struct badblocks *bb , int enable );

Yes, the spacing is a little quirky. We don't judge. We support. 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• bb — the badblocks structure that holds all badblock information 👑 this is the girl holding everything, all the badblock lore lives in here.
• enable — whether to enable badblocks accounting 🌈 (the original page says "weather", which is lowkey iconic of it, but fr fr it means whether, no cap). So: turn accounting on or off, that's the whole decision.

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 — success, we ate 💅
• -ve errno — on error 😭 (negative errno, so you can tell exactly what went wrong, which honestly is a serve)

not me keeping the exact 0: success -ve errno: on error format in my heart forever 💖

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./block/badblocks.c — the source of truth, the mothership, the whole friend group:

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

Literally the entire badblocks cinematic universe. Go read them. Periodt. 💀

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and that's the page, bestie 🧚💜 — brought to you by source/version ./block, dated October 2026. Go forth and initialize responsibly 🌟🍓