bch_hprint(9)

💅 bch_hprint(9) — Kernel API Manual energy ✨

okay so bestie, we’re in the Kernel API Manual and this page is bch_hprint(9) — and yes, it’s giving “tiny function, very specific job” and we’re obsessed 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

bch_hprint — formats @v to human readable string for sysfs. periodt 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bestie, the whole signature is literally this:

ssize_t bch_hprint (char *buf , int64_t v );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• buf — the (at least 8 byte) buffer to format the result into. like, give it room, okay? 🫶
• v — signed 64 bit integer. that’s the vibe check: signed, 64 bit, integer 💜

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Returns the number of bytes used by format. that’s the whole tea, no cap ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/md/bcache/util.c
• bch_next_delay(9)
• bch_bio_alloc_pages(9)

iykyk — go peek at those if you want the full bcache lore 🔥

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and that’s the page, bestie 💖 source/version: ./drivers/md/bcache; dated: October 2026; manual page: bch_hprint(9) — mwah 💋✨