acquire_vio_from_pool(9)

💖 acquire_vio_from_pool(9) — like, the whole vibe 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for acquire_vio_from_pool(9) — yes the manual name is right there in the title, we're being fancy today ✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

acquire_vio_from_pool — grab a vio and a buffer out of the pool, and it's asynchronous, ngl, so don't go assuming it's done the second you blink 👀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void acquire_vio_from_pool (struct vio_pool *pool , struct vdo_waiter
*waiter );

that's it, that's the whole signature, copy it exactly bestie, we do not freestyle here 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• pool — the vio pool. literally the pool. the whole point. this is where your vio is coming from 🏊‍♀️
• waiter — the object that's asking for a vio. your main character in this transaction, fr fr 👑

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🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/vio.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖
• create_multi_block_metadata_vio(9)
• free_vio_components(9)
• free_vio(9)
• update_vio_error_stats(9)
• make_vio_pool(9)
• free_vio_pool(9)
• is_vio_pool_busy(9)
• return_vio_to_pool(9)

like, the whole vio friend group honestly — make it, free it, return it, check if it's busy, the full saga 🫶

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lowkey a reminder: this whole page is filed under ./drivers/md/dm-vdo, version stamped October 2026 — so when someone asks where you got this, you say the source and the date, periodt 💀

ok bye bestie, go acquire your vio responsibly ✨💖🎀🦋🌸💅