ldm_parse_dsk3(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ldm_parse_dsk3(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this little page is all about ldm_parse_dsk3, and honestly? it's giving "small function, big responsibilities." let's get into it 🫶

🎀 NAME 🎀

ldm_parse_dsk3 — read a raw VBLK Disk object into a vblk structure 💾✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool ldm_parse_dsk3 (const u8 *buffer , int buflen , struct vblk *vb );

like, that's the whole vibe. three args, one bool coming back at you 😌

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • buffer — the block of data being worked on. this is the raw stuff, the actual bytes, the main character of the operation fr fr 📦
  • buflen — the size of the block of data. gotta know how much buffer we're dealing with, no cap 📏
  • vb — the in-memory vblk in which to return information. this is where the good stuff gets handed back to you 💌

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what does it actually do?? it reads a raw VBLK Disk object (version 3, very important, that's the dsk3 in the name bestie, iykyk) into a vblk structure. that's it, that's the whole description, and honestly it ate 👑

like yes, it's a short one. not every function needs a whole novel. this one is lowkey a specialist 💅

🔥 RETURN 🔥

the original page has this heading and then… nothing. no return-value text. so like, we're not gonna invent one — silence is the answer here 🙈💀 but also, the signature says bool, so, you know. draw your own conclusions, bestie 🎀

ngl i'm not adding facts that aren't in the page — the RETURN section is just empty in the source. respecting the source is the whole assignment 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file ./block/partitions/ldm.c 👀 and a whole squad of related functions, all of them iconic, all of them listed here exactly:

like, that's the whole friend group 😭💜 go read them too, they're all right there in the same neighborhood.

and that's the page!! 🎀 cute little sign-off time: this one lives in ./block/partitions 📁 and the date on it is October 2026 🗓️ and the whole thing is the ldm_parse_dsk3(9) manual page, periodt 💅✨ mwah, go parse some disks 🦋

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