befs_nls2utf(9)

💅 NAME 💅

okay so real talk, this is befs_nls2utf(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and the whole vibe is: Convert NLS string to utf8 encodeing — yes, “encodeing” is literally how the name spells it, bestie 😌

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int befs_nls2utf (struct super_block *sb , const char *in , int in_len ,
       char **out , int *out_len );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• sb — Superblock. The big kernel context energy.
• in — Input string buffer in NLS format.
• in_len — Length of input string in bytes.
• out — The output string in UTF-8 format.
• out_len — Length of the output buffer.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So it takes the input string in, which is in the format of the loaded NLS map, and converts it into a utf8 string. Literally its whole job. 🦋

The destination string out is allocated by this function, and the caller is responsible for freeing it with kfree. Not me handing you a pointer and then making you clean up — but yes, exactly that. 💅

On return, *out_len is the length of out in bytes.

On success, the return value is the number of utf8 characters written to the output buffer out.

On Failure, a negative number coresponding to the error code is returned. (“coresponding” is the original spelling — I’m just the messenger 💀)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./fs/befs/linuxvfs.c

byeeee, this was befs_nls2utf(9) from source/version ./fs/befs, dated October 2026 — mwah, go free that kfree’d memory responsibly 🫶💖