parse_memory(9)

💖 parse_memory(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the parse_memory page, straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one is short and sweet and honestly kind of a slay.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

parse_memory — literally just parses a string into an index memory value. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int parse_memory (const char *memory_str , uds_memory_config_size_t
*memory_ptr );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• memory_str — the string value you want converted into a memory value. it's giving "raw text that needs a glow-up" 🫶
• memory_ptr — a pointer where the memory value gets returned. so like, this is where the answer lands 💅

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

VDO_SUCCESS or an error. no cap — those are the only two outcomes, bestie 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/dm-vdo-target.c, and here's the whole friend group — yes, all of them, i'm not skipping anybody 💀

• free_device_config(9)
• get_version_number(9)
• parse_bool(9)
• parse_slab_size(9)
• process_one_thread_config_spec(9)
• parse_one_thread_config_spec(9)
• parse_thread_config_string(9)
• process_one_key_value_pair(9)
• parse_one_key_value_pair(9)
• parse_key_value_pairs(9)
• parse_optional_arguments(9)
• handle_parse_error(9)
• parse_device_config(9)
• get_thread_id_for_phase(9)
• advance_phase(9)
• finish_operation_callback(9)
• decode_from_super_block(9)
• decode_vdo(9)
• pre_load_callback(9)
• get_bit_array_size(9)
• grow_bit_array(9)
• allocate_instance(9)
• check_may_grow_physical(9)
• grow_layout(9)
• validate_new_device_config(9)
• write_super_block_for_suspend(9)
• suspend_callback(9)
• was_new(9)
• requires_repair(9)
• get_load_type(9)
• load_callback(9)
• handle_load_error(9)
• write_super_block_for_resume(9)
• resume_callback(9)
• grow_logical_callback(9)
• handle_logical_growth_error(9)
• perform_grow_logical(9)
• copy_partition(9)
• grow_physical_callback(9)
• handle_physical_growth_error(9)
• perform_grow_physical(9)
• apply_new_vdo_configuration(9)

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ngl this page is tiny but it ate. go read the whole crew above if you want the full lore 🧚

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and that's a wrap, bestie!! 🌈 this one came from ./drivers/md/dm-vdo and it's dated October 2026 — so mark your calendar, mwah 💜🎀