binder_find_...tion_ilocked(9)

💅 binder_find_...tion_ilocked(9) 💅

okay so first things first, bestie — this page lives in the Kernel API Manual, and the function name is literally binder_find_...tion_ilocked(9), ellipsis and all. No, we're not fixing it. We respect the truncation. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

binder_find_outdated_transaction_ilocked — find the outdated transaction 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct binder_transaction * binder_find_outdated_transaction_ilocked
(struct binder_transaction *t , struct list_head *target_list );

that's the whole signature, no cap. returns a pointer to struct binder_transaction, and the _ilocked suffix is your little hint that locks are involved (more on that in DESCRIPTION, don't skip ahead 🙈).

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• t — the new async transaction. this is the fresh one you're bringing to the party.
• target_list — the list you're gonna dig through to find the outdated transaction. it's a struct list_head *, bestie, act like you know.

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

you get back the outdated transaction if found, and NULL if no outdated transacton can be found — and yes, the original spells it "transacton" there, we're preserving the lore 💀. so lowkey: check for NULL, always, that's your vibe check.

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Requires the proc->inner_lock to be held.

that's it. that's the whole requirement. no cap, it's giving "short but if you ignore it you WILL have a bad time". hold the proc->inner_lock before you call this, fr fr — the _ilocked in the name is not decorative, it's a promise you have to keep 🫶.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/android/binder.c — that's the main character here 👑 — plus this whole extended friend group:

• binder_proc_lock(9)
• binder_proc_unlock(9)
• binder_inner_proc_lock(9)
• binder_inner_proc_unlock(9)
• binder_node_lock(9)
• binder_node_unlock(9)
• binder_node_inner_lock(9)
• binder_node_inner_unlock(9)
• binder_worklist_empty(9)
• binder_enqueue_work_ilocked(9)
• binder_enqueue_deferred_thread_work_ilocked(9)
• binder_enqueue_thread_work_ilocked(9)
• binder_enqueue_thread_work(9)
• binder_dequeue_work(9)
• binder_select_thread_ilocked(9)
• binder_wakeup_thread_ilocked(9)
• binder_inc_node_tmpref(9)
• binder_dec_node_tmpref(9)
• binder_get_ref_for_node_olocked(9)
• binder_inc_ref_olocked(9)
• binder_dec_ref_olocked(9)
• binder_get_node_from_ref(9)
• binder_free_ref(9)
• binder_update_ref_for_handle(9)
• binder_dec_ref_for_handle(9)
• binder_inc_ref_for_node(9)
• binder_thread_dec_tmpref(9)
• binder_proc_dec_tmpref(9)
• binder_get_txn_from(9)
• binder_get_txn_from_and_acq_inner(9)
• binder_free_txn_fixups(9)
• binder_cleanup_transaction(9)
• binder_get_object(9)
• binder_validate_ptr(9)
• binder_validate_fixup(9)
• struct binder_task_work_cb(9)
• binder_do_fd_close(9)
• binder_deferred_fd_close(9)
• struct binder_ptr_fixup(9)
• struct binder_sg_copy(9)
• binder_do_deferred_txn_copies(9)
• binder_cleanup_deferred_txn_lists(9)
• binder_defer_copy(9)
• binder_add_fixup(9)
• binder_can_update_transaction(9)
• binder_proc_transaction(9)
• binder_get_node_refs_for_txn(9)
• binder_netlink_report(9)
• binder_free_buf(9)
• binder_apply_fd_fixups(9)
• print_next_binder_node_ilocked(9)

like, that's the whole group chat, go read them too 💖

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and that's the page!! 🎀 sourced from ./drivers/android, dated October 2026, and it's literally titled binder_find_...tion_ilocked(9) — iconic, we stan a truncated header, periodt 🦋✨