befs_btree_seekleaf(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💫 befs_btree_seekleaf — find the first leafnode in the btree 💫

okay so bestie, welcome to the befs_btree_seekleaf(9) kernel API manual page, it's giving very niche-forest-nerd and honestly? we're obsessed 🧚

✨ NAME ✨

befs_btree_seekleaf — Find the first leafnode in the btree 🌸

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int befs_btree_seekleaf (struct super_block *sb , const befs_data_stream
*ds , befs_btree_super *bt_super , struct befs_btree_node *this_node ,
befs_off_t * node_off );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

  • sb — the Filesystem superblock, aka the main character of this whole filesystem situation 👑
  • ds — the Datastream that's containing the btree, it's literally holding the tree fr fr 🎀
  • bt_super — a Pointer to the superblock of the btree, not to be confused with sb up there, iykyk
  • this_node — the Buffer where we're gonna return the leafnode in 💖
  • node_off — a Pointer to the offset of the current node within the datastream. Heads up: this one gets Modified by the function, so don't be shocked when it comes back different 🙈

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

So this is a helper function for btree traverse, okay? Like, it's the little sidekick that makes the traversal happen 🫶 What it does is move the current position to the start of the first leaf node. That's the whole vibe. The way it just... relocates you to the first leaf? iconic ✨

It also checks for an empty tree 🕳️ If there are no keys, it returns BEFS_BT_EMPTY. No keys, no leaf, no problem — well, a very specific kind of problem, but it tells you about it, which is the important part 💀

ngl an empty tree is a valid mood, it's not an error you did, it's just the tree being lowkey empty. BEFS_BT_EMPTY is literally right there to tell you so 🌈

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./fs/befs/btree.c and its little friend group 💖:

and that's the whole page bestie, no cap 💅 this came to you straight from ./fs/befs, dated October 2026 — go forth and slay that btree traversal ⭐🌸👑

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