ubi_read_volume_table(9)

💅 ubi_read_volume_table(9) — Kernel API Manual

okay so bestie, welcome to the ubi_read_volume_table(9) page 💖 this one lives in the kernel API manual and it's all about the volume table — reading it, checking it, fixing it, making it from scratch if it's just not there. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ubi_read_volume_table — read the volume table. that's it, that's the vibe 🌸

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ubi_read_volume_table (struct ubi_device *ubi , struct ubi_attach_info *ai );

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🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

• ubi — the UBI device description object. literally the device we're talking about 🫶
• ai — the attaching information. all the attach-time deets, wrapped up cute ✨

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so here's the tea: this function reads the volume table 📖, then checks it (vibe check, but make it kernel 💅), then recovers from errors if needed — yes, it'll patch things up if something's messy 😭 — or creates it if needed, like when there's nothing there to read in the first place, iconic behaviour honestly.

Returns zero in case of success 🎉 and a negative error code in case of failure 💀. so like, zero = slay, negative = not slay. periodt.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c
• ubi_update_layout_vol(9)
• ubi_change_vtbl_record(9)
• ubi_vtbl_rename_volumes(9)
• vtbl_check(9)
• create_vtbl(9)
• process_lvol(9)
• create_empty_lvol(9)
• init_volumes(9)
• check_av(9)
• check_attaching_info(9)
• self_vtbl_check(9)

like, the whole friend group fr fr 🫶 go read them too, iykyk 👑

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ngl this one's short but it's doing a LOT of heavy lifting — the volume table doesn't read itself, bestie 💅

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🌸 mwah, that's the page! brought to you by ./drivers/mtd/ubi, October 2026, and the manual page ubi_read_volume_table(9) — catch you in the next one, love u, bye 💖✨🎀