bdev_allow_freeze(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the bdev_allow_freeze(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 💖 this one is short, sweet, and honestly kinda iconic.

🌸 NAME 🌸

bdev_allow_freeze — allow freezing a block device again 🧊✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bestie, here's the whole signature, no cap:

void bdev_allow_freeze (struct block_device *bdev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bdev — block device 💅

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

It literally undoes one bdev_deny_freeze. That's the whole vibe. Periodt. 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

peep the kernel file ./block/bdev.c plus these faves:

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

bye bestie 💖 this page’s source is ./block, dated October 2026, and yes it's still the bdev_allow_freeze(9) page — mwah 💋