blk_trace_shutdown(9)

🛑 blk_trace_shutdown(9) 💅

okay so bestie, this gem is from the Kernel API Manual and it's short, sweet, and very "cleanup era." It does exactly what the NAME says: stop and cleanup trace structures. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

blk_trace_shutdown — stop and cleanup trace structures. periodt. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void blk_trace_shutdown (struct request_queue *q );

That's the whole signature, no cap. 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• q — the request queue associated with the device. literally the one thing you pass in. 🦋

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

Kernel file ./kernel/trace/blktrace.c and the whole friend group:

• blk_trace_ioctl(9)
• blk_add_trace_rq(9)
• blk_add_trace_bio(9)
• blk_add_trace_bio_remap(9)
• blk_add_trace_rq_remap(9)
• blk_add_driver_data(9)
• blk_fill_rwbs(9)

source/version vibes: ./kernel/trace, dated October 2026 — mwah 💋👑