decode_reco...al_state_7_0(9)

💫 NAME 💫

okay so decode_recovery_journal_state_7_0 — she's a kernel API manual girlie (section 9, we love that for her) and her whole job is decoding the state of a recovery journal saved in a buffer. that's it, that's the vibe 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int decode_recovery_journal_state_7_0 (u8 *buffer , size_t *offset ,
struct recovery_journal_state_7_0 *state );

like, three args, one function, zero drama 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• buffer — the buffer that's holding the saved state. that's where the lore lives 🦋
• offset — where you start decoding from, bestie. the starting point. no skipping ahead 🙈
• state — a pointer to a recovery journal state, and she's the one holding the result of a successful decode. main character energy only after it actually works 👑

⭐ RETURN ⭐

VDO_SUCCESS or an error code. that's the whole deal — slay or an error, there is no third option 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/encodings.c, and here's the whole friend group — yes, all of them, i'm not leaving anyone out:

• validate_version(9)
• vdo_validate_header(9)
• decode_volume_geometry(9)
• vdo_encode_volume_geometry(9)
• vdo_parse_geometry_block(9)
• vdo_compute_new_forest_pages(9)
• encode_recovery_journal_state_7_0(9)
• vdo_get_journal_operation_name(9)
• encode_slab_depot_state_2_0(9)
• decode_slab_depot_state_2_0(9)
• vdo_configure_slab_depot(9)
• vdo_configure_slab(9)
• vdo_decode_slab_journal_entry(9)
• allocate_partition(9)
• make_partition(9)
• vdo_initialize_layout(9)
• vdo_uninitialize_layout(9)
• vdo_get_partition(9)
• vdo_get_known_partition(9)
• pack_vdo_config(9)
• pack_vdo_component(9)
• unpack_vdo_config(9)
• unpack_vdo_component_41_0(9)
• decode_vdo_component(9)
• vdo_validate_config(9)
• vdo_destroy_component_states(9)
• decode_components(9)
• vdo_decode_component_states(9)
• vdo_validate_component_states(9)
• vdo_encode_component_states(9)
• vdo_encode_super_block(9)
• vdo_decode_super_block(9)
• vdo_initialize_component_states(9)
• vdo_compute_index_blocks(9)
• vdo_initialize_volume_geometry(9)

and that's the page, bestie 🫶 this lil icon is from ./drivers/md/dm-vdo, dated October 2026, and it's living its best life in the Kernel API Manual, section 9. iykyk 💖✨🎀