ldm_parse_dsk4(9)

💖 ldm_parse_dsk4(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

ldm_parse_dsk4 — reads a raw VBLK Disk object into a vblk structure. iconic little parser behavior, honestly 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool ldm_parse_dsk4 (const u8 *buffer , int buflen , struct vblk *vb );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• buffer — the block of data being worked on, bestie literally the raw material 🫶
• buflen — the size of that block of data, aka how much of it we're looking at ✨
• vb — the in-memory vblk where the information gets returned, the lil landing spot 🎀

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Okay so this one reads a raw VBLK Disk object — version 4 specifically — into a vblk structure. No cap, that's the whole vibe of the function. 🦋

🫶 RETURN 🫶

This section is empty in the original, so there are no return details listed — not me staring at a blank section 😭💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./block/partitions/ldm.c — and here's the whole squad of related functions, no skips, no missing names 🫶✨

• 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_dgr3(9)
• ldm_parse_dgr4(9)
• ldm_parse_dsk3(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)

mwah 💋 — this cutie comes from source/version ./block/partitions, dated October 2026 🎀👑