blkdev_issue_flush(9)

💅 blkdev_issue_flush(9) 💅

welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — today’s main character is blkdev_issue_flush(9), and it is literally here to queue a flush. slay.

🌸 NAME 🌸

blkdev_issue_flush — queue a flush. that’s the name, that’s the vibe, no cap ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int blkdev_issue_flush (struct block_device *bdev );

it’s giving “one function, one int, one block device,” and honestly? iconic.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bdev — the blockdev to issue a flush for. fr fr, that’s the whole argument, bestie 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so here’s the tea: it issues a flush for the block device in question. that’s it. that’s the function. lowkey perfect, highkey essential, periodt 💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./block/blk-flush.c
• blk_flush_complete_seq(9)
• blk_kick_flush(9)

go bestie, go read the source — iykyk 🌈

source/version energy: ./block; date on the calendar: October 2026; page filing: blkdev_issue_flush(9) — xoxo, the manual 💅🎀