befs_find_key(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so this is befs_find_key(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally about searching for a key within a node. bestie, that's the whole vibe. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int befs_find_key (struct super_block *sb , struct befs_btree_node *node
, const char *findkey , befs_off_t * value );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• sb — the filesystem superblock. yes bestie, that one.
• node — the node where we're hunting the key.
• findkey — the keystring we're searching for. no cap.
• value — if the key is found, the value stored with that key gets dropped right here.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: this function finds an exact match if one exists and returns BEFS_BT_MATCH. if there's no match and the node's value array is too small for the key, it returns BEFS_BT_OVERFLOW. and if there's no match but the node should contain this key, it returns BEFS_BT_NOT_FOUND. periodt. 💀

it uses binary search instead of a linear one, which is giving efficiency queen. slay. 👑

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

Kernel file ./fs/befs/btree.c and the whole friend group: befs_bt_read_super(9), befs_bt_read_node(9), befs_btree_find(9), befs_btree_read(9), befs_btree_seekleaf(9), befs_leafnode(9), befs_bt_keylen_index(9), befs_bt_valarray(9), befs_bt_keydata(9), befs_bt_get_key(9), befs_compare_strings(9). 🫶

and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 source/version spot is ./fs/befs, dated October 2026. mwah 💋