vdo_pack_re...ournal_entry(9)

💅 vdo_pack_recovery_journal_entry — Kernel API Manual

okay bestie, so you know how we've been living in vdo_pack_re...ournal_entry(9) land?? same, same. but like — the full glow-up name is vdo_pack_recovery_journal_entry, and honestly it's giving "unsung hero of the recovery journal." no cap. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

vdo_pack_recovery_journal_entry — literally returns the packed, on-disk representation of a recovery journal entry. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct packed_recovery_journal_entry vdo_pack_recovery_journal_entry
(const struct recovery_journal_entry *entry );

like yes, it returns a struct packed_recovery_journal_entry, and yes, it takes one const struct recovery_journal_entry * and nothing else. minimal. iconic. 🫶

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• entry — the journal entry you want to pack, bestie. that's the one. that's the entry. hand it over and let the function do its thing ✨

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💖 RETURN 💖

it gives you back the packed representation of the journal entry. that's the whole gift. 🎁 like she ate and left no crumbs, fr fr.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay buckle up because this list is LONG and she is thorough 👑

• 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_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)
• vdo_get_slab_summary_hint_shift(9)

like, she knows everyone. the range is unreal. iykyk 💀

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lowkey a reminder: this page has no DESCRIPTION section, no OPTIONS, no exit statuses, no env vars — just the packing. so don't go looking for lore that isn't there, bestie 🙈

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and that's the whole page!! 🧚 from ./drivers/md/dm-vdo, dated October 2026, in the Kernel API Manual — mwah, slay, see you in the next one 💜✨🍓

vdo_pack_re...ournal_entry(9) — October 2026 — ./drivers/md/dm-vdo 🎀