ubi_update_layout_vol(9)

💅 ubi_update_layout_vol(9) 💅

ok so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual — yes, that manual — and it's about ubi_update_layout_vol(9), aka the little helper that handles updating layout volumes on flash ✨ (the original writes it as "updatting" and honestly? we respect the typo era 🫶). It's short, it's sweet, it's giving "one job, does it well" energy.

✨ NAME ✨

ubi_update_layout_vol — bestie, it's the helper for updating layout volumes on flash. That's the whole vibe. No cap. 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ubi_update_layout_vol(struct ubi_device *ubi);

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• ubi — the UBI device description object 💫 like, the whole device descriptor, handed over so the function knows what it's working with. That's the entire cast. Main character only. 👑

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

Everything below lives in the kernel file ./drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c, and it's all part of the same friend group iykyk:

• 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)
• ubi_read_volume_table(9)
• self_vtbl_check(9)

lowkey go read those too, they're all in ./drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c and they're all eating 💅🔥

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this iconic little entry lives in the ./drivers/mtd/ubi directory, dropped in October 2026, and the footer spells it ubi_update_layout_vol(9) — slay, periodt, go update those layout volumes bestie 💜🎀