vdo_get_sla...y_hint_shift(9)

💅 vdo_get_slab_summary_hint_shift(9) — or as the header truncates it, vdo_get_sla...y_hint_shift(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ and yes the title up top is literally cut off with an ellipsis because even manpage headers have a character limit, no cap 💀

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🎀 NAME 🎀

vdo_get_slab_summary_hint_shift — computes the shift for slab summary hints. that's it. that's the whole job. tiny function, big purpose 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

u8 vdo_get_slab_summary_hint_shift (unsigned int slab_size_shift );

like, look at her. one argument, returns a u8. low maintenance icon 👑

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• slab_size_shift — the exponent for the number of blocks per slab, bestie. it's an unsigned int, and it's giving "power of two energy" 🔥

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

the hint shift. that's the answer, that's the vibe, that's what comes back 💖

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

buckle up bestie, this list is LONG and honestly it ate 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/encodings.h
• Block map entries(9)
• vdo_are_same_version(9)
• vdo_pack_version_number(9)
• vdo_unpack_version_number(9)
• vdo_pack_header(9)
• vdo_unpack_header(9)
• vdo_get_index_region_start(9)
• vdo_get_data_region_start(9)
• vdo_get_index_region_size(9)
• vdo_pack_recovery_journal_entry(9)
• vdo_unpack_recovery_journal_entry(9)
• vdo_is_valid_recovery_journal_sector(9)
• vdo_compute_recovery_journal_block_number(9)
• vdo_get_journal_block_sector(9)
• vdo_pack_recovery_block_header(9)
• vdo_unpack_recovery_block_header(9)
• vdo_compute_slab_count(9)
• vdo_get_saved_reference_count_size(9)
• vdo_get_slab_journal_start_block(9)
• vdo_advance_journal_point(9)
• vdo_before_journal_point(9)
• vdo_pack_journal_point(9)
• vdo_unpack_journal_point(9)
• vdo_pack_slab_journal_block_header(9)
• vdo_unpack_slab_journal_block_header(9)
• vdo_pack_slab_journal_entry(9)
• vdo_unpack_slab_journal_entry(9)

ngl, if you're reading this whole list you're either deep in dm-vdo or you just love pack/unpack functions. either way, respect 🫡

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and that's the page!! mwah 💋 sign-off time: this lil beauty lives in ./drivers/md/dm-vdo and it's dated October 2026 — periodt 🎀💜