initialize_vdo(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 initialize_vdo(9) — Kernel API Manual

okay so bestie, welcome to initialize_vdo(9) ✨ this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally about doing the part of setting up a vdo that cleans up after itself if something goes wrong 😭 like, self-cleaning, we love a low-maintenance icon 🧚

🌸 NAME 🌸

initialize_vdo — do the portion of initializing a vdo which will clean up after itself on error 💖

ngl that's the whole vibe: you're doing part of the init, and if it goes sideways, it tidies up behind itself so you don't have to 🫶

⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

int initialize_vdo (struct vdo *vdo , struct device_config *config ,
       unsigned int instance , char **reason );

she returns an int and takes four things, we'll get to those 👑

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • vdo — the vdo being initialized. the main character fr 💅
  • config — the configuration of the vdo. all her settings, her little outfit 🌈
  • instance — the instance number of the vdo. which one she is, yk? 🔢
  • reason — the buffer to hold the failure reason on error. so if it goes 💀 you get told why 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay this list is LONG and honestly iconic, so buckle up bestie — it's all from the kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/vdo.c and its friends:

like I said. forty-plus besties. a whole group chat 💀💖

heads up babe: this page has no OPTIONS, no ENVIRONMENT, no EXIT STATUS section — that's just how it is, don't come for me 🙈 what you see is what you get ✨

and that's the whole page, periodt 💅 the source lives at ./drivers/md/dm-vdo and this edition is dated October 2026 — go off, queen 👑🌸

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