ack_all_badblocks(9)

ack_all_badblocks(9) — Kernel API Manual 🎀

okay so bestie, this is the Kernel API Manual page for ack_all_badblocks(9) — the function whose whole job is acknowledging all bad blocks in a list. she's lowkey iconic, and we're gonna read her together. 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ack_all_badblocks — Acknowledge all bad blocks in a list. 🦋

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void ack_all_badblocks (struct badblocks *bb );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• bb — the badblocks structure that holds all badblock information. it's literally carrying all the badblock info, iykyk. 🫶

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so here's the tea: this only succeeds if ->changed is clear. periodt. 💅

It is used by in-kernel metadata updates. no cap. 🌟

bestie note: the success condition is ->changed being clear — that part is not optional, fr fr. 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./block/badblocks.c

• badblocks_check(9)
• badblocks_set(9)
• badblocks_clear(9)
• badblocks_show(9)
• badblocks_store(9)
• badblocks_init(9)
• badblocks_exit(9)

mwah 💋 that's the whole page, bestie. source/version: ./block; date: October 2026; page: ack_all_badblocks(9). slay and goodbye 👑✨