ENUM SCRUB_TYPE(9)

💅 enum scrub_type(9) 💅

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's a glow-up for memory scrubbing. scrubbing = the thing your RAM does to keep itself from going all crunchy. this enum is basically the personality quiz for "what kind of scrubber does this thing have?" 🧚✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

enum scrub_type — scrubbing capabilities. that's it, that's the whole vibe check: what a scrubber can and can't do 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

enum scrub_type {
    SCRUB_UNKNOWN ,
    SCRUB_NONE ,
    SCRUB_SW_PROG ,
    SCRUB_SW_SRC ,
    SCRUB_SW_PROG_SRC ,
    SCRUB_SW_TUNABLE ,
    SCRUB_HW_PROG ,
    SCRUB_HW_SRC ,
    SCRUB_HW_PROG_SRC ,
    SCRUB_HW_TUNABLE

};

that's the whole squad, bestie — ten constants, no cap, and every single one is getting its own moment below 👑

🎀 Constants 🎀

• SCRUB_UNKNOWN — we literally do not know if a scrubber is available. it's giving "no thoughts, head empty" 😭 unknown status, fr fr.
• SCRUB_NONE — no scrubber. at all. none. zero. the void. 💀
• SCRUB_SW_PROG — SW progressive (sequential) scrubbing. software is out here doing the scrubbing in order, one after the other, main character energy 🦋
• SCRUB_SW_SRC — software scrub only errors. it's software, and it's strictly here for the error cleanup — no extras, periodt ✨
• SCRUB_SW_PROG_SRC — progressive software scrub from an error. software again, progressive again, but this time it kicks off from an error 🫶
• SCRUB_SW_TUNABLE — the software scrub frequency is tunable. you can literally adjust how often it happens, lowkey iconic 🎛️🌸
• SCRUB_HW_PROG — HW progressive (sequential) scrubbing. same sequential deal as its software sibling, except the hardware is the one slaying 💅🔥
• SCRUB_HW_SRC — hardware scrub only errors. hardware, errors only — it knows its lane 🤌
• SCRUB_HW_PROG_SRC — progressive hardware scrub from an error. hardware doing the progressive thing, triggered from an error, no notes 👑
• SCRUB_HW_TUNABLE — the hardware scrub frequency is tunable. yes, the hardware one is adjustable too. we love options 🌈

🔍 SEE ALSO 🔍

these live in the kernel file ./include/linux/edac.h, and they're all mutuals bestie 💜:

• enum dev_type(9)
• enum hw_event_mc_err_type(9)
• enum mem_type(9)
• enum edac_type(9)
• enum edac_mc_layer_type(9)
• struct edac_mc_layer(9)
• struct rank_info(9)
• struct edac_raw_error_desc(9)
• edac_get_dimm(9)
• struct edac_scrub_ops(9)
• struct edac_ecs_ops(9)
• struct edac_mem_repair_ops(9)

okay that's the whole page!! 🍓 come find me in ./include/linux — this one's from October 2026, mwah 💋💖