vdo_unpack_...ournal_entry(9)

💅 vdo_unpack_recovery_journal_entry(9) 💅

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the kernel one, we're in that territory now — and it's all about one lil function called vdo_unpack_recovery_journal_entry. she's giving "glow-up for data" energy fr fr ✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

vdo_unpack_recovery_journal_entry — literally takes the on-disk representation of a recovery journal entry and unpacks it. that's it, that's the whole vibe 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct recovery_journal_entry vdo_unpack_recovery_journal_entry (const
       struct packed_recovery_journal_entry *entry );

so she takes one const struct packed_recovery_journal_entry * and hands you back a struct recovery_journal_entry. glow-up complete, no cap 🦋

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• entry — the recovery journal entry that needs unpacking. like, it's still in its little on-disk outfit and we're helping her get comfy 💅

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

the unpacked entry. that's the whole answer, she's a simple icon 👑

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

okay this list is long and honestly iconic, so buckle up — every single one of these is part of the fam:

• 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_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)

ngl that's the whole extended friend group right there 😭 every pack/unpack pair, every region getter, every journal point helper — she knows them all.

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and that's the tea, bestie 🍓 this page comes to you straight from ./drivers/md/dm-vdo, dated October 2026, filed under vdo_unpack_...ournal_entry(9) — mwah, slay, periodt 💜🧚