do_find_free_space(9)

okay so this is do_find_free_space(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally about finding a data LEB with free space. bestie, let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

do_find_free_space — find a data LEB with free space. iconic behavior, no cap 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

const struct ubifs_lprops * do_find_free_space (struct ubifs_info *c ,
int min_space , int pick_free , int squeeze );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• c — the UBIFS file-system description object 🫶
• min_space — minimum amount of free space required, like the bare minimum bestie ✨
• pick_free — whether it is OK to scan for empty LEBs 👀
• squeeze — whether to try to find space in a non-empty LEB first 🧚

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

This function returns a pointer to the LEB properties found or a negative error code. that's the whole vibe check: pointer if it found something, negative error code if it didn't 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./fs/ubifs/find.c — and all these little icons:

• struct scan_data(9)
• valuable(9)
• scan_for_dirty_cb(9)
• scan_for_dirty(9)
• ubifs_find_dirty_leb(9)
• scan_for_free_cb(9)
• ubifs_find_free_space(9)
• scan_for_idx_cb(9)
• scan_for_leb_for_idx(9)
• ubifs_find_free_leb_for_idx(9)
• ubifs_save_dirty_idx_lnums(9)
• scan_dirty_idx_cb(9)
• find_dirty_idx_leb(9)
• get_idx_gc_leb(9)
• find_dirtiest_idx_leb(9)
• ubifs_find_dirty_idx_leb(9)

💖 source/version: ./fs/ubifs — date: October 2026 — page: do_find_free_space(9). slay, that's the whole footer, periodt 🎀✨