dm_parse_device_entry(9)

💅 dm_parse_device_entry(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because this is the manual page for dm_parse_device_entry(9) and it is lowkey a tiny parser icon 👑

🌸 NAME 🌸

dm_parse_device_entry — parse a device entry. that's the name, that's the vibe 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

char * dm_parse_device_entry (struct dm_device *dev , char *str );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the device where the parsed information gets stored. main character receiving the info 🫶
• str — the pointer to a string with this exact format:

name,uuid,minor,flags,table[; ...]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

It returns the remainder string after the table entry — like, after the semicolon that delimits the entry — or NULL if it reached the end of the string. no cap, that's the whole return situation 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• the kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-init.c, specifically str_field_delimit(9) 👀
• dm_parse_table_entry(9)
• dm_parse_table(9)
• dm_parse_devices(9)
• dm_init_init(9)

cute lil sign-off: source/version energy is ./drivers/md, dated October 2026, and the page is dm_parse_device_entry(9) — mwah, periodt 💖✨