ubifs_convert_page_budget(9)
π ubifs_convert_page_budget(9) β a Kernel API Manual moment
okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for ubifs_convert_page_budget(9), and honestly? it's a little sleeper hit. lowkey iconic. let's get into it π«Ά
β¨ NAME β¨
ubifs_convert_page_budget β converts the budget of a new page, that's literally the whole gig π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
void ubifs_convert_page_budget (struct ubifs_info *c );
no return value, no drama, just vibes β¨
π ARGUMENTS π
cβ the UBIFS file-system description object. that's your girl. she holds the whole filesystem's lore π
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
so here's the tea, bestie π΅ β this function takes the budget that was allocated for a new page of data and converts it into the budget for changing an existing page of data.
and the way that the latter budget is smaller than the former?? that's the whole reason this is so chill. it means this function only has to do a simple re-calculation. no write-back, no heavy lifting, no main character energy. it just does the math and moves on. periodt πββοΈ
like, not to be dramatic, but it's giving "quick lil glow-up" not "full makeover montage." ngl, we love a low-effort queen π
π₯ SEE ALSO π₯
the whole friend group, fr fr β you'll find them all hanging out in the kernel file ./fs/ubifs/budget.c:
shrink_liability(9)run_gc(9)get_liability(9)make_free_space(9)ubifs_calc_min_idx_lebs(9)ubifs_calc_available(9)can_use_rp(9)do_budget_space(9)calc_idx_growth(9)calc_data_growth(9)calc_dd_growth(9)ubifs_budget_space(9)ubifs_release_budget(9)ubifs_release_dirty_inode_budget(9)ubifs_reported_space(9)ubifs_get_free_space_nolock(9)ubifs_get_free_space(9)
bestie note: this one's short and sweet, but don't sleep on the SEE ALSO list β that's a whole squad of budget functions waiting for you ππ
okay that's the page!! mwah π this was brought to you by ./fs/ubifs, dated October 2026, and yes the version/date is part of the package β slay, see you in the next manpage, bestie πβπ§
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