ubifs_recover_size(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ubifs_recover_size(9) 💖

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the Kernel API Manual, we're doing kernel internals today bestie, put your hair up 🎀 — and it's all about ubifs_recover_size, which does exactly what it says on the tin: recover inode size. iconic behavior honestly.

✨ NAME ✨

ubifs_recover_size — recover inode size. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ubifs_recover_size (struct ubifs_info *c , bool in_place );

look at her go. returns an int, takes a struct ubifs_info *c and a bool in_place. no cap, that's the whole signature. 🦋

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • c — the UBIFS file-system description object. your file system's whole little identity card, basically. main character energy fr.
  • in_place — if true, do a in-place size fixup. like, fix it right there where it lives, no moving boxes. 🔥

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

This function attempts to fix inode size discrepancies identified by the

ok bestie quick heads up: the sentence literally just stops there in the original. "identified by the" and then nothing. that's not me being lazy, that's the actual page — the thought just ✨ left the chat ✨. i'm not about to invent the rest for you, so it stays exactly as it is. 🫶

This functions returns 0 on success and a negative error code on failure.

(yes, "This functions". she said what she said. 😭)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

so many friends, so little time. all of these live in the kernel file ./fs/ubifs/recovery.c:

and that's the whole page bestie!! 🌟 she comes from ./fs/ubifs, dated October 2026 — mark your calendar, screenshot it, tell your friends. go fix those inode sizes. slay. 👑💖

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