cuse_parse_devinfo(9)
π NAME π
okay so bestie, this is cuse_parse_devinfo(9) β the little kernel helper that parses a device info string. it's giving βturn this text into a struct cuse_devinfoβ energy, and honestly? iconic. π
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
int cuse_parse_devinfo (char *p , size_t len , struct cuse_devinfo
*devinfo );
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
pβ the device info string. yes, that exact string. π«Άlenβ the length of the device info string. gotta know how much string we're stringing, fr fr.devinfoβ the out parameter where the parsed device info gets stored. it's the main character of the output situation. π
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
so the vibe is: parse p, extract the device info, and store it into devinfo. simple, slay, no cap. β¨
but bestie, listen β the string pointed to by p is modified by parsing, and devinfo points into that same string. so likeβ¦ do not free p while devinfo is still in use. that's the rule. it's not a suggestion. it's giving βrespect the lifetime or catch these bugsβ energy. π
π RETURN π
0on success β yay, we ate. π-errnoon failure β not slay, but at least you know what happened. π
π SEE ALSO π
the kernel file is ./fs/fuse/cuse.c, and the related squad is: cuse_parse_one(9), cuse_process_init_reply(9), cuse_channel_open(9), and cuse_channel_release(9). iykyk. π§
okay that's the whole page, bestie π β source/version vibe is ./fs/fuse, dated October 2026, and the manual name is cuse_parse_devinfo(9). periodt. π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
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