nd_region_to_nstype(9)

🦋 NAME 🦋

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for nd_region_to_nstype, and its whole NAME vibe is literally:

nd_region_to_nstype — region to an integer namespace type ✨

💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

int nd_region_to_nstype (struct nd_region *nd_region );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• nd_region — the region-device to interrogate 👀

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

bestie, this is also the 'nstype' attribute of a region, an input to the MODALIAS for namespace devices, and the bit number for a nvdimm_bus to match namespace devices with namespace drivers. periodt 💖

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file ./drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c is right there, and these are the SEE ALSO besties:

• nd_region_acquire_lane(9)
• generic_nvdimm_flush(9)
• nvdimm_has_flush(9)

mwah 💋 this cutie came from ./drivers/nvdimm, dated October 2026, and it's the nd_region_to_nstype(9) page — slay 🫶