ldm_parse_vmdb(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ldm_parse_vmdb — NAME

ok so bestie, listen: ldm_parse_vmdb is literally the function that reads the LDM Database VMDB structure. that's it, that's the whole vibe. ✨

(this one lives in the Kernel API Manual, in case you were wondering where we're at 🫶)

🌸 SYNOPSIS

bool ldm_parse_vmdb (const u8 *data , struct vmdb *vm );

🎀 ARGUMENTS

  • data — the raw database VMDB structure, freshly loaded off the device. straight off the disk, no filter, no nothing 💀
  • vm — the in-memory vmdb structure where we're gonna drop all the parsed info. this is the delivery address, okay? 🏠

🦋 DESCRIPTION

So what this does is take the LDM Database VMDB structure you handed it in data, parse it, and set up the in-memory vmdb structure vm with all the info it got. slay, honestly. 👑

N.B. the *_start, *_size and *_seq values? they get range-checked later. like, not now. later later. don't come for this function about validation, it's not its moment 😭

⭐ RETURN

nope, nothing here! the page lists no return value details — that section is just vibes and empty space 🙈 (the return type is bool, and that's all we're getting, bestie)

🌈 SEE ALSO

kernel file ./block/partitions/ldm.c — the mothership 🛸

that's the whole friend group, go read them all, iykyk 💜

and that's the page!! sign-off time: this beauty lives under ./block/partitions and it's dated October 2026 ⭐ mwah, go parse responsibly 🧚💖

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