ubi_add_av(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ubi_add_av — like, the whole manual page, bestie

okay so real quick before we dive in: this is from the Kernel API Manual, section 9 (ubi_add_av(9)), and it's a tiny little function but she's important. Let's get into it 💖

✨ NAME ✨

ubi_add_av — add volume to the attaching information. that's it. that's the whole job. she adds a volume to the attaching information and she does it flawlessly, no notes 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct ubi_ainf_volume * ubi_add_av (struct ubi_attach_info *ai , int
vol_id );

so you call her with an attach info struct and a volume id, and she hands you back a struct ubi_ainf_volume *. easy. cute. iconic.

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • ai — the attaching information. like, the whole context she's working inside. it's giving "main character energy" for the entire attach process 💅
  • vol_id — the requested volume ID. the specific volume you want, bestie. no guessing, this is the one you asked for.

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so the way that this works is — ubi_add_av returns a pointer to the new volume description, or an ERR_PTR if the operation failed 😭

that's literally it. if it slays, you get the pointer. if it doesn't, you get an ERR_PTR and you should absolutely check for that because ignoring error pointers is not the vibe. fr fr. 🙈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

she doesn't work alone okay, this whole squad lives in the kernel file ./drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c:

like I said. a whole squad. go read them, they're all lowkey fascinating 💜

okay that's the whole page!! mwah 💋 this one's brought to you by the fine people at ./drivers/mtd/ubi, dated October 2026 — that's the source and the date, periodt, no cap. now go add some volumes, bestie 🫶✨

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