elm_decode_bch_error_page(9)

🦋 elm_decode_bch_error_page(9) 🦋

okay so bestie, this is the elm_decode_bch_error_page(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and no cap it's literally about locating the error position. lowkey iconic kernel documentation behavior. 💅✨

💖 NAME 💖

elm_decode_bch_error_page — locate error position. It's giving "find the error, bestie" energy, and honestly? Ate. 👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void elm_decode_bch_error_page (struct device *dev , u8 *ecc_calc ,
struct elm_errorvec *err_vec );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• dev — device pointer. Literally the device pointer, periodt. 🫶
• ecc_calc — calculated ECC bytes from GPMC. That's the exact description, fr fr. 🍓
• err_vec — elm error vectors. The error vectors in question, bestie. ✨

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Called with one or more error reported vectors, and the vectors with an error reported get updated in err_vec[].error_reported. That's the whole function: locate the error position and keep it moving. 💅

ngl, the err_vec[].error_reported update is the main character here. 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/mtd/nand/raw/omap_elm.c, plus the whole squad:

• elm_config(9)
• elm_configure_page_mode(9)
• elm_load_syndrome(9)
• elm_start_processing(9)
• elm_error_correction(9)

🧚 cute sign-off: source is ./drivers/mtd/nand/raw, date is October 2026, and the page is elm_decode_bch_error_page(9). byeee bestie, slay those error positions 💖