ubifs_recover_log_leb(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ ubifs_recover_log_leb(9) — the recovery glow-up 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the kernel API manual page for ubifs_recover_log_leb, straight out of ./fs/ubifs 🦋 this one's a UBIFS internal, so it's giving "deep kernel lore" but honestly? it's lowkey iconic once you get the vibe.

🌸 NAME 🌸

ubifs_recover_log_leb — literally scans and recovers a log LEB. that's the whole assignment, no cap 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct ubifs_scan_leb * ubifs_recover_log_leb (struct ubifs_info *c ,
int lnum , int offs , void *sbuf );

look at that signature, we love a struct pointer return type 🫶

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • c — the UBIFS file-system description object, aka the main character of this whole operation 👑
  • lnum — LEB number. that's the one, girl 🎯
  • offs — offset. yes, an offset. we stan precision 💅
  • sbuf — a LEB-sized buffer to use. LEB-sized, not negotiable, don't be out here with the wrong size 🙈

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what this function actually does is scan a LEB, but with extra care — it's built to cater for errors that might have been caused by unclean reboots that we're attempting to recover from. and here's the key detail, bestie, do not miss it: assume that only the last log LEB can be corrupted by an unclean reboot. just the last one. that's the assumption, that's the lore 🔥

and then the returns — this function returns 0 on success and a negative error code on failure. cute, simple, classic kernel behaviour 😭

ngl a negative error code is never the vibe, but at least it's honest about it 💀

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

all the siblings over in the kernel file ./fs/ubifs/recovery.c — full squad, no gatekeeping 🌈:

and that's the page, bestie — mwah 💋

so this manual page came from ./fs/ubifs, dated October 2026, source/version field being ./fs/ubifs itself (yes, that's what it says, don't come for me 💀). hope recovery treats you gently, and remember: only the last log LEB, okay? iykyk 🍓💅

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