hfsplus_brec_read_cat(9)

💅 hfsplus_brec_read_cat(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual corner — today’s main character is hfsplus_brec_read_cat(9), and she is here to read and validate a catalog record. slay. ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

hfsplus_brec_read_cat — read and validate a catalog record

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int hfsplus_brec_read_cat (struct hfs_find_data *fd , hfsplus_cat_entry
       *entry );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• fd — find data structure. yes bestie, that’s the find-data situation.
• entry — pointer to the catalog entry to read into. that’s where the record lands. 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So the way this works: it reads a catalog record and validates that its size matches the expected size based on the record type. size-match vibe check, basically — no cap. 🔥

It returns 0 on success, or a negative error code on failure. periodt. 💅

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

• Kernel file ./fs/hfsplus/bfind.c — go peek, iykyk 🧚

source/version ./fs/hfsplus · date October 2026 · page hfsplus_brec_read_cat(9) — mwah, bye bestie! 💋🫶✨