__gfs2_ail_flush(9)

🦋 __gfs2_ail_flush(9) 🦋

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for __gfs2_ail_flush 💖 this one is giving “clean up the AIL buffers for this lock” energy, and we’re gonna read it together, no cap.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

__gfs2_ail_flush — remove all buffers for a given lock from the AIL ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void __gfs2_ail_flush (struct gfs2_glock *gl , bool fsync , unsigned int
nr_revokes );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• gl — the glock 👑
• fsync — set when called from fsync (not all buffers will be clean) 😭
• nr_revokes — Number of buffers to revoke 🫶

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

None of the buffers should be dirty, locked, or pinned. that’s the whole vibe check, fr fr ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./fs/gfs2/glops.c — plus these iconic little functions: gfs2_rgrp_metasync(9), rgrp_go_sync(9), rgrp_go_inval(9), gfs2_inode_metasync(9), inode_go_sync(9), inode_go_inval(9), gfs2_inode_refresh(9), inode_go_instantiate(9), inode_go_dump(9), freeze_go_callback(9), freeze_go_xmote_bh(9), iopen_go_callback(9) 💜

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mwah 💋 that’s the page, bestie — source/version ./fs/gfs2, dated October 2026 🎀✨