__brelse(9)

✨ __brelse(9) ✨

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — today's main character is __brelse, and its whole thing is Release a buffer. lowkey iconic, no cap. 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

__brelse — Release a buffer.

💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

void __brelse (struct buffer_head *bh );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bh — The buffer to release. that's the whole argument, bestie 💖

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so this is the variant of brelse you can call if bh is guaranteed to not be NULL. periodt. it's giving "I already did the vibe check," and the vibe check is literally that guarantee. 🙈

⚠️ heads up, bestie: this call is for the case where bh is guaranteed to not be NULL. don't skip that part. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./fs/buffer.c
• bio_endio_bh(9)
• end_buffer_read_sync(9)
• bh_end_read(9)
• bh_end_write(9)
• bh_end_async_write(9)
• mmb_sync(9)
• block_dirty_folio(9)
• mark_buffer_dirty(9)
• __bforget(9)
• bh_submit(9)
• bdev_getblk(9)
• __bread_gfp(9)
• block_invalidate_folio(9)
• clean_bdev_aliases(9)
• try_to_free_buffers(9)
• bh_uptodate_or_lock(9)
• __bh_read(9)
• __bh_read_batch(9)

iykyk — that's the whole crew. 👑

xoxo, bestie 💋 — source/version: ./fs; date: October 2026; page: __brelse(9).