vdo_pack_version_number(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

vdo_pack_version_number — okay so this one is literally just "convert a version_number to its packed on-disk representation" 💅 that's the whole vibe, no notes.

Oh and hey, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — kernel internals, iykyk 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct packed_version_number vdo_pack_version_number (struct
version_number version );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• version — the version number you want converted. that's it. that's the one. hand it over and let her cook 🍓

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👑 RETURN 👑

She gives you back the platform-independent representation of the version ✨ same info, packaged for the disk, no cap.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Bestie there are so many cousins at this family reunion, buckle up 💀 — starting with the file she lives in:

• Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/encodings.h Block map entries(9)
• vdo_are_same_version(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)
• vdo_get_slab_summary_hint_shift(9)

fr fr go read vdo_unpack_version_number(9) next, she's the reverse operation and they're giving matched-set main character energy 🦋

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Anyway bestie that's the whole page, mwah 💖 this lil guy ships out of ./drivers/md/dm-vdo and the version stamp says October 2026 — go forth and pack those version numbers, periodt 🧚‍♀️⭐