cache_key_gc(9)

🎀 cache_key_gc(9) 🎀

okay bestie, this little icon comes from the Kernel API Manual and it’s fully giving “cleanup era.” it’s all about releasing the reference of a cache key segment — no cap 💅

✨ NAME ✨

cache_key_gc — releases the reference of a cache key segment 🗑️💖

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

void cache_key_gc (struct pcache_cache_key *key );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• key — pointer to the cache key to be garbage collected 🗑️✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so this function decrements the reference count of the cache segment associated with the given key. and if the reference count drops to zero, the segment may be invalidated and reused. periodt 🔥

lowkey important: it says may be invalidated and reused when the ref count hits zero — that’s literally the vibe, bestie 🫶

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_gc.c 🧚
• last_kset_gc(9) ✨

signing off from source/version ./drivers/md/dm-pcache — dated October 2026 — stay hydrated and keep slaying, bestie 💖🎀🦋