search_read_bbts(9)

👑 search_read_bbts(9) 👑

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie 💖 this page is for search_read_bbts, and it's giving “small function, very specific job” energy. the whole point is scanning the device for bad block table(s). let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

• search_read_bbts — [GENERIC] scan the device for bad block table(s)

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void search_read_bbts (struct nand_chip *this , uint8_t *buf , struct
       nand_bbt_descr *td , struct nand_bbt_descr *md );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• this — NAND chip object. like, the chip you're working with 💅
• buf — temporary buffer. it's temporary, it's a buffer, that's the vibe.
• td — descriptor for the bad block table.
• md — descriptor for the bad block table mirror.

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Search and read the bad block table(s). that's it — it searches, it reads, it's all about the bad block table(s), periodt 💫

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_bbt.c — and these iconique functions, go read them next, iykyk 👀

• check_pattern(9)
• check_short_pattern(9)
• add_marker_len(9)
• read_bbt(9)
• read_abs_bbt(9)
• scan_read_oob(9)
• read_abs_bbts(9)
• create_bbt(9)
• search_bbt(9)
• get_bbt_block(9)
• mark_bbt_block_bad(9)
• write_bbt(9)
• nand_memory_bbt(9)
• check_create(9)
• nand_update_bbt(9)
• mark_bbt_region(9)
• verify_bbt_descr(9)
• nand_scan_bbt(9)
• nand_create_badblock_pattern(9)
• nand_create_bbt(9)
• nand_isreserved_bbt(9)
• nand_isbad_bbt(9)
• nand_markbad_bbt(9)

mwah 💋 source: ./drivers/mtd/nand/raw · date: October 2026 · from the Kernel API Manual · search_read_bbts(9) — that's the whole page, bestie 🫶💅