lowest_dent_key(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 lowest_dent_key(9) — like, the lowest possible directory entry key, bestie

okay so real talk: we're deep in the Kernel API Manual (Kernel API Manual, section 9, in case the vibe check needed receipts), and this little function is here to hand you the absolute lowest key a directory entry could possibly have. lowkey iconic, highkey specific. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

lowest_dent_key — get the lowest possible directory entry key.

that's it. that's the whole job. she does one thing and she does it slayfully 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void lowest_dent_key (const struct ubifs_info *c , union ubifs_key *key
, ino_t inum );

look at her. returns void, takes three things, no drama, no notes. periodt. 🎀

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • c — the UBIFS file-system description object. yes bestie, she needs to know which file system we're talking about. context is everything 🫶
  • key — where to store the lowest key. this is the output spot, the little pedestal where the answer gets placed 👑
  • inum — the parent inode number. the parent! the main character's origin story 🌈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

fr fr, the whole fam is here. this is the group chat and everybody got invited:

ngl that's a lot of cousins, but every single one of them matters 💀✨

oh and the literal source of truth, if you wanna go straight to the mothership:

Kernel file ./fs/ubifs/key.h

iykyk 🧚

ok that's the whole page, no cap. lowest_dent_key gets you the lowest possible directory entry key, you hand it c, key, and inum, and you go live your life. obsessed with the efficiency honestly 💜

made with love from ./fs/ubifs, dated October 2026, and filed under section 9 of the Kernel API Manual — bye bestie, go write some keys 🍓💅

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