ubifs_encode_dev(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 ubifs_encode_dev(9) — the UBIFS glow-up for device node IDs 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to ubifs_encode_dev(9) from the Kernel API Manual ✨ — yes that's the whole title, and no I'm not gonna make you read it twice, we're just gonna get into it 🫶

💅 NAME 💅

ubifs_encode_dev — encode device node IDs. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ubifs_encode_dev (union ubifs_dev_desc *dev , dev_t rdev );

look at her. so simple. so iconic. not a single wasted character 🔥

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • dev — the UBIFS device node information 💖 this is where the encoded stuff ends up, she's the canvas basically
  • rdev — the device IDs to encode ✨ these are the numbers getting the makeover

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so real talk: this is a helper function 🧚 and what she does is encode the major/minor numbers of a device node into a UBIFS device node description. that's the whole vibe check and she passes 💯

and how does she encode them, you ask? we use standard Linux "new" and "huge" encodings 👑 — yes those are literally the names, in quotes, that's the actual terminology, i don't make the rules i just report them 💅

so like, no cap, if you've got a device node's major/minor chillen in rdev, hand it over and dev gets the UBIFS-flavoured encoding ✨ slay

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file lives at ./fs/ubifs/misc.h 🍓 and honestly the whole friend group is here, go say hi:

ngl the whole UBIFS squad ate and left absolutely no crumbs 😭💀 go read them all, iykyk

okay that's the page bestie!! mwah 💖 this one came from ./fs/ubifs and it's dated October 2026, filed under ubifs_encode_dev(9) — she's giving main character energy and honestly? she earned it 👑🎀✨

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