ubi_eba_copy_table(9)
π ubi_eba_copy_table β bestie edition β¨
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 π
πΈ NAME πΈ
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 π
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
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 π
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
volβ the volume that's holding the EBA table you wanna copy. she's the source, the origin story, the one with the receipts πdstβ the destination. where the copied table goes. the glow-up location π«Άnentriesβ how many entries to copy. yes bestie, you get to pick the count, it's giving customizable β
π DESCRIPTION π
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 π
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 π
π₯ SEE ALSO π₯
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 π
struct ubi_eba_entry(9)struct ubi_eba_table(9)ubi_next_sqnum(9)ubi_get_compat(9)ubi_eba_get_ldesc(9)ubi_eba_create_table(9)ubi_eba_destroy_table(9)ubi_eba_replace_table(9)ltree_lookup(9)ltree_add_entry(9)leb_read_lock(9)leb_read_unlock(9)leb_write_lock(9)leb_write_trylock(9)leb_write_unlock(9)ubi_eba_is_mapped(9)ubi_eba_unmap_leb(9)check_mapping(9)ubi_eba_read_leb(9)ubi_eba_read_leb_sg(9)try_recover_peb(9)recover_peb(9)try_write_vid_and_data(9)ubi_eba_write_leb(9)ubi_eba_write_leb_st(9)is_error_sane(9)ubi_eba_copy_leb(9)print_rsvd_warning(9)self_check_eba(9)ubi_eba_init(9)
the way that list just keeps going π every single one of them is in ./drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c β go read the whole squad, they're all slay π
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 π§
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 π π π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms