ubi_eba_copy_table(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… ubi_eba_copy_table β€” bestie edition ✨

okay so real talk, this one's from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, iykyk), and it's genuinely one of the more chill little functions in the whole UBI saga. no drama, no cap, it just... copies a table. let me tell you everything πŸ’–


🌸 NAME 🌸

ubi_eba_copy_table β€” copies the EBA table attached to vol into another table. that's it. that's the whole gig. she's an icon, she's a legend, and she is literally a memcpy with lore πŸŽ€


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ubi_eba_copy_table (struct ubi_volume *vol , struct ubi_eba_table
*dst , int nentries );

like look at her. three args, returns void, no notes. main character energy fr fr πŸ‘‘


πŸ¦‹ ARGUMENTS πŸ¦‹

  • vol β€” the volume that's holding the EBA table you wanna copy. she's the source, the origin story, the one with the receipts πŸ’…
  • dst β€” the destination. where the copied table goes. the glow-up location 🫢
  • nentries β€” how many entries to copy. yes bestie, you get to pick the count, it's giving customizable ⭐

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so here's the vibe check: copy the EBA table stored in vol into the one pointed at by dst. that's the entire description, no hidden clauses, no fine print, we love a transparent queen πŸ™ˆ

no return value because nothing can go wrong enough to tell you about it β€” it's void, periodt. don't @ me, that's just what the page says πŸ’€


πŸ”₯ SEE ALSO πŸ”₯

bestie. BUCKLE UP. the cross-reference list on this page is long, like genuinely she has more friends than anyone at the function party. all of these are kernel file ./drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c royalty πŸ‘‘

the way that list just keeps going 😭 every single one of them is in ./drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c β€” go read the whole squad, they're all slay πŸ’œ


lowkey though, if you're touching any of this, you're deep in the UBI/MTD guts, so maybe double-check your locking and your sanity. not me adding advice the manpage didn't give, just vibes 🧚

and that's the page!! shoutout to the source dir ./drivers/mtd/ubi and the version stamp October 2026 β€” that's the whole footer, folded up into this cute little sign-off for you. mwah πŸ’‹ πŸ“ πŸ’–

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