next_pnode_to_dirty(9)

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💅 NAME 💅

next_pnode_to_dirty — find next pnode to dirty. literally that’s the whole name, bestie. 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here’s the exact signature, don’t touch the spacing:

struct ubifs_pnode * next_pnode_to_dirty (struct ubifs_info *c , struct
       ubifs_pnode *pnode );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• c — UBIFS file-system description object. iconic. ✨
• pnode — pnode. that’s the whole description, no cap. 💀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This function returns the next pnode to dirty, or NULL if there are no more pnodes. 📌

Important vibe check: pnodes that have never been written (lnum == 0) are skipped. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./fs/ubifs/lpt_commit.c — yes, that’s the source file. the whole squad is:

• first_dirty_cnode(9)
• next_dirty_cnode(9)
• get_cnodes_to_commit(9)
• upd_ltab(9)
• alloc_lpt_leb(9)
• layout_cnodes(9)
• realloc_lpt_leb(9)
• write_cnodes(9)
• add_pnode_dirt(9)
• do_make_pnode_dirty(9)
• make_tree_dirty(9)
• need_write_all(9)
• lpt_tgc_start(9)
• lpt_tgc_end(9)
• populate_lsave(9)
• nnode_lookup(9)
• make_nnode_dirty(9)
• make_pnode_dirty(9)
• make_ltab_dirty(9)
• make_lsave_dirty(9)
• make_node_dirty(9)
• get_lpt_node_len(9)
• get_pad_len(9)
• get_lpt_node_type(9)
• is_a_node(9)
• lpt_gc_lnum(9)
• lpt_gc(9)
• ubifs_lpt_start_commit(9)
• free_obsolete_cnodes(9)
• ubifs_lpt_end_commit(9)
• ubifs_lpt_post_commit(9)
• first_nnode(9)
• next_nnode(9)
• ubifs_lpt_free(9)
• dbg_is_all_ff(9)
• dbg_is_nnode_dirty(9)
• dbg_is_pnode_dirty(9)
• dbg_is_ltab_dirty(9)
• dbg_is_lsave_dirty(9)
• dbg_is_node_dirty(9)
• dbg_check_ltab_lnum(9)
• dbg_check_ltab(9)
• dbg_chk_lpt_free_spc(9)
• dbg_chk_lpt_sz(9)
• dump_lpt_leb(9)
• ubifs_dump_lpt_lebs(9)
• dbg_populate_lsave(9)

source/version: ./fs/ubifs · date: October 2026 — mwah, bye bestie! 🎀✨