__sb_write_started(9)

💖 __sb_write_started(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this little icon is __sb_write_started(9), and it is literally here to check if the sb freeze level is held 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

__sb_write_started — check if sb freeze level is held 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int __sb_write_started (const struct super_block *sb , int level );

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• sb — the super we write to 🌟
• level — the freeze level ❄️

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

the vibe check results are giving:

• > 0 — sb freeze level is held ✅
• 0 — sb freeze level is not held 🚫
• < 0 — !CONFIG_LOCKDEP/LOCK_STATE_UNKNOWN 😵‍💫

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file ./include/linux/fs/super.h has the receipts, and the bestie-verse also says check out:

• sb_write_started(9)
• sb_write_not_started(9)
• sb_end_write(9)
• sb_end_pagefault(9)
• sb_end_intwrite(9)
• sb_start_write(9)
• sb_start_pagefault(9)
• sb_start_intwrite(9)

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xoxo 💋 — this one comes from ./include/linux/fs, dated October 2026, and the page is __sb_write_started(9) 🎀