ubi_free_vid_buf(9)

💅 ubi_free_vid_buf — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so real talk, this is ubi_free_vid_buf(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's honestly such a clean little function. no drama, no weird edge cases, just vibes and freeing memory. 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

ubi_free_vid_buf — bestie, it frees a VID buffer. that's it. that's the whole job. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ubi_free_vid_buf (struct ubi_vid_io_buf *vidb );

like, it returns nothing (void, icon behaviour, doesn't even need to report back 💅) and it takes exactly one thing: your vidb.

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• vidb — the VID buffer you want to free. that's the one. hand it over, it's getting freed, no cap. ✨

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay so this page is literally the main character of a whole friend group of related stuff — here's everyone in the group chat, from the kernel file ./drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h:

• struct ubi_vid_io_buf(9)
• 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_get_vid_hdr(9)
• ubi_ro_mode(9)
• vol_id2idx(9)
• idx2vol_id(9)
• ubi_is_fm_vol(9)
• ubi_find_fm_block(9)

ngl that's a whole roster and they all ate. 💀👑

lowkey a serve that ubi_init_vid_buf(9) is right there in the list — init and free, the classic duo, iykyk. 🧚

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anyway that's the page, hope it slayed for you 💜 — this cutie lives in ./drivers/mtd/ubi, dated October 2026, and yes the header and footer said ubi_free_vid_buf(9) twice because it's just that iconic. periodt. 🌈⭐