vdo_initiali...ume_geometry(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ vdo_initialize_volume_geometry(9) ✨

okay so real talk, bestie — this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and the header up top literally got truncated to vdo_initiali...ume_geometry(9) because man pages are dramatic and love to cut off a girl mid-sentence 😭. The actual function is vdo_initialize_volume_geometry, section 9, and it lives over in ./drivers/md/dm-vdo. Yes, the section is part of the name, no we're not gonna fight about it 💅.

🌸 NAME 🌸

vdo_initialize_volume_geometry — bestie, it initializes the volume geometry so that it can be written out. That's the whole vibe. It sets the thing up so the thing can be yeeted onto disk. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int vdo_initialize_volume_geometry (nonce_t nonce , uuid_t *uuid , const
struct index_config *index_config , struct volume_geometry *geometry );

literally just look at it. four arguments. one int coming back at you. she's serving ✨

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • nonce — this is a nonce_t, and it's the nonce you use to identify the vdo. iconic little identifier, no cap 🫶
  • uuid — this one's a uuid_t *, the uuid you use to identify the vdo. yes, both a nonce and a uuid, she contains multitudes 💜
  • index_config — a const struct index_config *, and it's the config used for structure initialization. the blueprint, the mood board, the whole plan 📋
  • geometry — a struct volume_geometry *, and it's the volume geometry you're about to initialize. main character energy fr fr 👑

💀 RETURN 💀

Returns VDO_SUCCESS or an error code. that's it, that's the deal — slay if it works, check the error code if it doesn't 🙈

lowkey important: it hands back VDO_SUCCESS or an error code, so please actually look at what comes back instead of just assuming everything's fine, bestie 😭

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay so the SEE ALSO section on this one is long, like she did not come to play. The kernel file in question is ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/encodings.c, and here's the whole squad, every single one, no skips:

like, thirty-five cross-references. she's connected. iykyk 🌈⭐

and that's the page, bestie 💖 — brought to you by the fine folks at ./drivers/md/dm-vdo, stamped October 2026, and filed under the Kernel API Manual. go initialize something iconic 🎀✨

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