ubifs_read_superblock(9)

💅 ubifs_read_superblock(9) — from the Kernel API Manual 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for ubifs_read_superblock(9) — yes, the manual name is folded in near the top like a true main character, lowkey essential, no cap ✨

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📛 NAME 📛

ubifs_read_superblock — read superblock. That's the whole name, and honestly? iconic 💖

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🌀 SYNOPSIS 🌀

int ubifs_read_superblock (struct ubifs_info *c );

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🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

• c — UBIFS file-system description object. This is the struct you're handing over, bestie 🫶

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Okay so here's the tea: this function finds, reads and checks the superblock. Vibe check: find it, read it, check it — it's giving responsible group project where everyone actually showed up 💅

If an empty UBI volume is being mounted, this function creates default superblock. Yep, it can manifest one when the volume is empty, main character energy 🦋

Returns zero in case of success, and a negative error code in case of failure. Zero = slay, negative error code = not slay, and you will be checking for that 😭

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• Kernel file ./fs/ubifs/sb.c
• create_default_filesystem(9)
• validate_sb(9)
• ubifs_read_sb_node(9)
• ubifs_write_sb_node(9)
• fixup_leb(9)
• fixup_free_space(9)
• ubifs_fixup_free_space(9)

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xoxo, your ./fs/ubifs bestie — dated October 2026 — signing off on ubifs_read_superblock(9) 💖✨