advance_phase(9)

🌸 advance_phase(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

okay so this is the page for advance_phase(9), and it is literally here to increment the phase of the current admin operation and prepare the admin completion to run on the thread for the next phase. that’s the whole assignment, no cap. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

advance_phase — Increment the phase of the current admin operation and prepare the admin completion to run on the thread for the next phase. periodt. 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

the signature is giving:

u32 advance_phase (struct vdo *vdo );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• vdo — the vdo on which an admin operation is being performed. that’s the one, bestie. 💖

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💖 RETURN 💖

The current phase. literally that. ✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/dm-vdo-target.c — and the full friend group is right here:

• free_device_config(9)
• get_version_number(9)
• parse_bool(9)
• parse_memory(9)
• parse_slab_size(9)
• process_one_thread_config_spec(9)
• parse_one_thread_config_spec(9)
• parse_thread_config_string(9)
• process_one_key_value_pair(9)
• parse_one_key_value_pair(9)
• parse_key_value_pairs(9)
• parse_optional_arguments(9)
• handle_parse_error(9)
• parse_device_config(9)
• get_thread_id_for_phase(9)
• finish_operation_callback(9)
• decode_from_super_block(9)
• decode_vdo(9)
• pre_load_callback(9)
• get_bit_array_size(9)
• grow_bit_array(9)
• allocate_instance(9)
• check_may_grow_physical(9)
• grow_layout(9)
• validate_new_device_config(9)
• write_super_block_for_suspend(9)
• suspend_callback(9)
• was_new(9)
• requires_repair(9)
• get_load_type(9)
• load_callback(9)
• handle_load_error(9)
• write_super_block_for_resume(9)
• resume_callback(9)
• grow_logical_callback(9)
• handle_logical_growth_error(9)
• perform_grow_logical(9)
• copy_partition(9)
• grow_physical_callback(9)
• handle_physical_growth_error(9)
• perform_grow_physical(9)
• apply_new_vdo_configuration(9)

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sending love from ./drivers/md/dm-vdo — October 2026, Kernel API Manual, advance_phase(9) era. stay slay, bestie 💅💖