bd_abort_claiming(9)

💅 bd_abort_claiming(9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the bd_abort_claiming(9) glow-up 💖 this is the kernel API manual entry, and it's literally about aborting claiming of a block device. no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

bd_abort_claiming — abort claiming of a block device 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void bd_abort_claiming (struct block_device *bdev , void *holder );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bdev — block device of interest 🦋
• holder — holder that has claimed bdev 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so picture this: exclusive open failed, and now you need to abort claiming of a block device. that's the main-character move here. 💀

it can also be used when exclusive open is not actually desired and we just needed to block other exclusive openers for a while. iykyk — sometimes you're not trying to open exclusively, you just need to keep those other exclusive openers on pause for a bit. ✨

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

kernel file ./block/bdev.c is in the mix, plus these iconic little references:

• bdev_validate_blocksize(9)
• bdev_freeze(9)
• bdev_thaw(9)
• bdev_deny_freeze(9)
• bdev_allow_freeze(9)
• bd_may_claim(9)
• bd_prepare_to_claim(9)
• bd_finish_claiming(9)
• bdev_open(9)
• bdev_yield_claim(9)
• bdev_fput(9)
• lookup_bdev(9)
• bdev_mark_dead(9)

that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 — source/version: ./block, dated October 2026. periodt. 💅🎀