ecryptfs_read_folio(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… ecryptfs_read_folio πŸ’…

okay so this is from the Kernel API Manual (section 9), and yes bestie we're reading kernel docs for fun now, this is who we are πŸŽ€


✨ NAME ✨

ecryptfs_read_folio β€” and that's it 😭 the original page literally puts nothing after the dash. no description. a mystery. an enigma. she's giving main character with zero backstory and honestly? respect πŸ’…


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ecryptfs_read_folio (struct file *file , struct folio *folio );

that's the whole vibe β€” returns an int, takes a struct file * and a struct folio *, slay πŸ’–


✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • file β€” an eCryptfs file πŸ—‚οΈ like, the actual file object you're reading from.
  • folio β€” the folio from the eCryptfs inode mapping, and this is the one you're gonna stick the read data into 🫢 that's the whole job fr fr.

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

read in a folio, decrypting if necessary πŸ”“βœ¨ that's it, that's the function. if the data needs decrypting she handles it, no cap.

returns zero on success; non-zero on error 😭 so like, 0 = we ate, anything else = something went sideways, check it πŸ‘‘


🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file ./fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c β€” go read the source bestie, it's right there πŸ“–

the whole eCryptfs mmap friend group honestly πŸ§šβ€β™€οΈπŸ’œ


lowkey a tiny page but she said everything she needed to say πŸŽ€ no notes.

and that's the wrap bestie!! πŸ¦‹ this one came out of ./fs/ecryptfs and it's dated October 2026 β€” ecryptfs_read_folio(9) signing off, mwah πŸ’‹ periodt 🌸

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