STRUCT UBI_VID_IO_BUF(9)

🌸 struct ubi_vid_io_buf(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition 🌸

Okay so picture this: it's a page in the Kernel API Manual, and the star of the show is struct ubi_vid_io_buf, aka the VID buffer you use to read/write VID info to/from the flash 💅 That's the whole vibe. Let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

struct ubi_vid_io_buf — VID buffer used to read/write VID info to/from the flash 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct ubi_vid_io_buf {
    struct ubi_vid_hdr *hdr;
    void *buffer;
 };

That's literally the whole struct, no notes, she's compact and iconic 👑

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✨ Members ✨

• hdr — a pointer to the VID header stored in buffer 🎀
• buffer — the underlying buffer 🫶

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

Kernel file ./drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h, plus the whole friend group:

• struct ubi_wl_entry(9)
• struct ubi_ltree_entry(9)
• struct ubi_rename_entry(9)
• struct ubi_fastmap_layout(9)
• struct ubi_fm_pool(9)
• struct ubi_eba_leb_desc(9)
• struct ubi_volume(9)
• struct ubi_volume_desc(9)
• struct ubi_debug_info(9)
• struct ubi_device(9)
• struct ubi_ainf_peb(9)
• struct ubi_ainf_volume(9)
• struct ubi_attach_info(9)
• struct ubi_work(9)
• ubi_init_vid_buf(9)
• ubi_free_vid_buf(9)
• ubi_get_vid_hdr(9)
• ubi_ro_mode(9)
• vol_id2idx(9)
• idx2vol_id(9)
• ubi_is_fm_vol(9)
• ubi_find_fm_block(9)

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okay that's the page!! 🧚 it lives over in ./drivers/mtd/ubi and it's dated October 2026 — signed, sealed, delivered, and filed under struct ubi_vid_io_buf(9) 💜✨