ubifs_validate_entry(9)

💅 ubifs_validate_entry(9) 💅

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual and today's main character is ubifs_validate_entry — yes it's a whole function, yes it's about checking entry nodes, and yes we're gonna get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ubifs_validate_entry — validate directory or extended attribute entry node. that's it, that's the job 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ubifs_validate_entry (struct ubifs_info *c , const struct
ubifs_dent_node *dent );

literally the whole vibe right there 🫶

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• c — the UBIFS file-system description object. your file-system bestie, your context, your whole situation 💫
• dent — the node to validate. this is the one getting the vibe check 🌈

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so this function validates the directory or extended attribute entry node dent. that's the task, no cap.

it returns zero if the node is all right 😌✨ and a -EINVAL if it's not 😭 — so like, zero = slay, -EINVAL = not slay, hope that helps 💅

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./fs/ubifs/replay.c
• struct replay_entry(9)
• struct bud_entry(9)
• set_bud_lprops(9)
• set_buds_lprops(9)
• trun_remove_range(9)
• inode_still_linked(9)
• apply_replay_entry(9)
• replay_entries_cmp(9)
• apply_replay_list(9)
• destroy_replay_list(9)
• insert_node(9)
• insert_dent(9)
• is_last_bud(9)
• authenticate_sleb(9)
• replay_bud(9)
• replay_buds(9)
• destroy_bud_list(9)
• add_replay_bud(9)
• validate_ref(9)
• replay_log_leb(9)
• take_ihead(9)
• ubifs_replay_journal(9)

like, go read the whole friend group, they're all iconic 💜

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fr fr don't forget: -EINVAL is the "not okay" signal, so if you see it, the node did NOT pass the vibe check 🙈

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and that's the page babes 🎀 the source is ./fs/ubifs, dated October 2026, and this has been your kernel manual moment — mwah, go validate some nodes, ily 💖🧚⭐