ubifs_get_lprops(9)

💅 ubifs_get_lprops (9) 💅

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie — section 9, the deep kernel-lore section. it's all about grabbing a reference to LEB properties, and honestly it's a two-second read. let's go 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ubifs_get_lprops — get reference to LEB properties.

like, that's the whole job. it gets you a reference. it's giving short king energy 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ubifs_get_lprops (struct ubifs_info *c );

note that void — this function does not hand you anything back, it just does a thing and dips. and the formatting is exactly struct ubifs_info *c ); with that lil space before the paren, so don't come for me, i'm keeping it verbatim 💀

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• c — the UBIFS file-system description object. yes, just the one letter. yes, that's its real name. the kernel devs were lowkey minimal about it and honestly? respect 🫶

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so, what does it do? this function locks lprops. that's it, that's the whole vibe.

and then the original manpage just… stops. mid-sentence. "Lprops have to be unlocked by" and then nothing. no function name, no trailing anything. iconic, honestly — main character energy of a sentence that refuses to finish itself 😭

ngl bestie, the original documentation cuts off right there. i'm not gonna invent the rest for you — the text says "Lprops have to be unlocked by" and then leaves you hanging. no cap, that's what's on the page. 💀

what i can tell you is that ubifs_release_lprops(9) shows up in SEE ALSO below, so like… do with that information what you will 👀 (that's me being cute, not me adding facts to the manpage, ok?)

⚠️ real talk: this function locks lprops. if you walk away without unlocking, you're gonna have a bad time. that's the one warning the page is absolutely screaming, even if it forgot to finish the sentence.

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💖 SEE ALSO 💖

Kernel file ./fs/ubifs/misc.h, plus the whole friend group:

• ubifs_zn_dirty(9)
• ubifs_zn_obsolete(9)
• ubifs_zn_cow(9)
• ubifs_wake_up_bgt(9)
• ubifs_tnc_find_child(9)
• ubifs_inode(9)
• ubifs_compr_present(9)
• ubifs_compr_name(9)
• ubifs_wbuf_sync(9)
• ubifs_encode_dev(9)
• ubifs_add_dirt(9)
• ubifs_return_leb(9)
• ubifs_idx_node_sz(9)
• ubifs_idx_branch(9)
• ubifs_idx_key(9)
• ubifs_tnc_lookup(9)
• ubifs_release_lprops(9)
• ubifs_next_log_lnum(9)

like, that's a whole squad. go read them too, iykyk 🌈

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stay slay, lock your lprops, unlock them again, and go touch some grass — this one's a wrap ✨👑💅

signed, sealed, delivered from ./fs/ubifs, dated October 2026, page (9) of the Kernel API Manual — mwah 🎀💜