check_lpt_type(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 check_lpt_type(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up

Okay so bestie, we're in check_lpt_type(9) from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally the little vibe-checker for LPT node types. She's short, she's sweet, she's giving "tiny bouncer at the club door of your UBIFS file system." Let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

check_lpt_type — checks that the LPT node type is correct, no cap ✅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int check_lpt_type (const struct ubifs_info *c , uint8_t **addr , int
*pos , int type );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • c — the UBIFS file-system description object. She's the whole personality of the call 💖
  • addr — address of the type bit field. You pass it in, and it comes back updated here 👑
  • pos — position of the type bit field. Same deal: you pass it in, and it comes back updated here ✨
  • type — the type you're expecting. The one she's checking against 🌈

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So what does she actually do? This function returns 0 on success and a negative error code on failure. That's it, that's the whole thing — but honestly? Iconic behavior. Simple, honest, no drama 🙈🔥

Ngl, remember: success is 0, failure is a negative error code. Don't forget which way round bestie, iykyk 💅

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

Kernel file ./fs/ubifs/lpt.c, plus the whole entire friend group — she is not showing up to this function alone:

and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶✨ Sourced straight from ./fs/ubifs, dated October 2026 — she's all grown up and checking bit fields with main character energy 👑💖

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