ubi_find_or_add_av(9)

🦋 ubi_find_or_add_av(9) 🦋

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for ubi_find_or_add_av(9). this is giving kernel-internals main character energy, and we're gonna make it make sense. 💅✨

💖 NAME 💖

• ubi_find_or_add_av — searches for a volume in the attaching information, and if it does not exist, adds one. lowkey iconic.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

copy this exactly, bestie — no autocorrect, no vibes-based editing:

struct ubi_ainf_volume * ubi_find_or_add_av (struct ubi_attach_info *ai
, int vol_id , bool *created );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ai — the attaching information. that's the context this whole search is happening in.
• vol_id — the requested volume ID. literally the volume you're asking about.
• created — tells you whether the volume has been created or not. status check, periodt.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so this function returns a pointer to the new volume description. and if the operation failed? you get an ERR_PTR instead. that's the fail path, no cap. 😭🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go peek at the kernel file and its linked-up besties:

• Kernel file ./drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c — find_or_add_av(9)
• ubi_alloc_aeb(9)
• ubi_free_aeb(9)
• add_to_list(9)
• add_corrupted(9)
• add_fastmap(9)
• validate_vid_hdr(9)
• add_volume(9)
• ubi_compare_lebs(9)
• ubi_add_to_av(9)
• ubi_add_av(9)
• ubi_find_av(9)
• ubi_remove_av(9)
• early_erase_peb(9)
• ubi_early_get_peb(9)
• check_corruption(9)
• scan_peb(9)
• late_analysis(9)
• destroy_av(9)
• destroy_ai(9)
• scan_all(9)
• scan_fast(9)
• ubi_attach(9)
• self_check_ai(9)

sign-off time: source/version field ./drivers/mtd/ubi, date October 2026, and title ubi_find_or_add_av(9). mwah 💋🎀