VFINDDEV(9)

🌸 VFINDDEV(9) 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel Developer's Manual corner of the group chat. this one is VFINDDEV(9), and it's giving “short and iconic, no notes.” 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

vfinddev — lookup a vnode by device number. periodt. 💖

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

here's the literal summoning circle, keep the formatting exactly as-is:

#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/vnode.h>

int
vfinddev(dev_t dev, enum vtype type, struct vnode **vpp);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the vfinddev() function returns a pointer to the vnode of the device represented by the device number dev and of type type in vpp. yes, that is literally the whole mission. no cap. 🫶

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🔥 RETURN VALUES 🔥

the vibe check on vfinddev() is:

• 1 — a corresponding vnode was found, slay ✨
• 0 — otherwise, bestie 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• vnode(9)

iykyk, go read that one next. 👑

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💜 HISTORY 💜

fun fact from the archives: this man page was originally written for OpenBSD. iconic behavior, honestly. 🎀

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xoxo, your Debian bestie 💖 — dropping this from June 4, 2013, with all the love and absolutely no cap. 🦋✨