ldm_parse_dgr3(9)

💅 ldm_parse_dgr3(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual era 🎀

okay so bestie, buckle up, because this one is a kernel function and it's living in the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's giving "small but crucial" 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ldm_parse_dgr3 — read a raw VBLK Disk Group object into a vblk structure ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ldm_parse_dgr3 (const u8 *buffer , int buflen , struct vblk *vb );

that's the whole signature, no cap, copy it exactly or the compiler will literally end you 😭

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• buffer — the block of data being worked on ✨ like, this is the raw bytes, the main character of the operation ngl
• buflen — the size of the block of data 📏 (yes bestie, you gotta tell it how big the block is, it's not gonna vibe-check the length itself)
• vb — the in-memory vblk in which to return information 💫 this is the lil container where the parsed info gets dropped off

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Read a raw VBLK Disk Group object (version 3) into a vblk structure 🫶

that's it. that's the description. she's short, she's sweet, she knows exactly what she's about 👑

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

so the original page has this heading and then… nothing 😭💀 no return value documented, no explanation, just vibes and an empty section. i'm not gonna make something up (that's not the move, fr fr), so: heading exists, content is a mystery, we move on 🧚

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

y'all this list is long and i'm obsessed, it's the whole ldm cinematic universe 🔥

• kernel file ./block/partitions/ldm.c 👑 (the source, the origin story, the main character energy)
• ldm_parse_privhead(9)
• ldm_parse_tocblock(9)
• ldm_parse_vmdb(9)
• ldm_compare_privheads(9)
• ldm_compare_tocblocks(9)
• ldm_validate_privheads(9)
• ldm_validate_tocblocks(9)
• ldm_validate_vmdb(9)
• ldm_validate_partition_table(9)
• ldm_get_disk_objid(9)
• ldm_create_data_partitions(9)
• ldm_relative(9)
• ldm_get_vnum(9)
• ldm_get_vstr(9)
• ldm_parse_cmp3(9)
• ldm_parse_dgr4(9)
• ldm_parse_dsk3(9)
• ldm_parse_dsk4(9)
• ldm_parse_prt3(9)
• ldm_parse_vol5(9)
• ldm_parse_vblk(9)
• ldm_ldmdb_add(9)
• ldm_frag_add(9)
• ldm_frag_free(9)
• ldm_frag_commit(9)
• ldm_get_vblks(9)
• ldm_free_vblks(9)
• ldm_partition(9)

like, the way this function has friends? we love a social butterfly 🦋💅

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heads up bestie: the (9) suffix means these are kernel API pages, so they're for the devs, not your everyday terminal gremlins 🌸

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okay that's the whole page, mwah 💖 and for the cute sign-off: this lil beauty lives over in ./block/partitions, dated October 2026 — iykyk 🎀✨