ecryptfs_miscdev_write(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

omg hi bestie 💖 you're on the ecryptfs_miscdev_write(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — like, welcome to the write handler for the daemon miscdev handle, and I'm genuinely obsessed. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ecryptfs_miscdev_write — handle write to daemon miscdev handle 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

ssize_t ecryptfs_miscdev_write (struct file *file , const char __user *buf , size_t count , loff_t *ppos );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • file — File for misc dev handle. bestie, this is the struct file * for the misc dev handle.
  • buf — Buffer containing user data. yep, the user data lives here 🌈
  • count — Amount of data in buf. literally how much data is in buf, no cap.
  • ppos — Pointer to offset in file (ignored). highkey ignored, so don't even stress it 💀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Returns the number of bytes read from buf. that's the whole vibe, periodt. 🫶

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file: ./fs/ecryptfs/miscdev.c — that's the spot, iykyk 💜

okay bye bestie 💖 source/version is ./fs/ecryptfs, date is October 2026, and the page is ecryptfs_miscdev_write(9) — mwah! 🎀

📦 where this page comes from