bsg_teardown_job(9)

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💅 bsg_teardown_job(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual, section 9, bestie 🎀

Okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — yes we're in the kernel-functions era of the docs and honestly? iconic. Today's episode is bsg_teardown_job, which is literally the cleanup routine for a bsg job. It's giving "the friend who stays after the party to help you stack chairs" energy. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

bsg_teardown_job — routine to teardown a bsg job. That's it, that's the whole job description, and she ate. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void bsg_teardown_job (struct kref *kref );

No cap, that's the entire signature — copy it exactly, spaces and all, don't be cute with it. The return type is void, so it's not handing you back a little treat; it just does the thing. ✨

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • kref — the kref inside bsg_job that is to be torn down. Like, which ref are we sending to the shadow realm? That one. 🫡

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

Kernel file ./block/bsg-lib.c, plus the whole friend group:

Go read those too, iykyk — they're literally the rest of the lore. 📚🔥

ngl bestie, if you're here you're probably dealing with kref lifetimes, and that is highkey main character energy in the kernel. Stay safe, keep your references balanced, mwah. 😭💖

And that's a wrap! This little love letter comes to you from the source ./block, dated October 2026 — go forth and teardown responsibly, queen. 👑🌈⭐

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