check_for_drain_complete(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 check_for_drain_complete(9) — like, the vibe check for your journal

okay bestie, so this one's from the Kernel API Manual and it lives in the kernel-nerd corner of the universe, but honestly? the concept is so relatable. let's get into it 💖

✨ NAME ✨

check_for_drain_complete — the little function whose entire job is to look at the journal and be like "hmm… are we drained yet? 👀"

like, that's it. that's the gig. no cap.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void check_for_drain_complete (struct recovery_journal *journal );

that's the whole signature, bestie — it returns void, so don't go looking for a return value, she gives you nothing back 😌 (well, not through a return value, anyway, iykyk)

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • journal — the journal in question 🫶 like, the one that may have just drained. she might be fully drained, she might not be, and this function is here to find out. main character energy.

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

okay this section is long, grab a snack 🍓 — the whole dm-vdo recovery-journal extended universe:

ngl, that's a lot of friends, but she's a social queen 💅 go read them if you wanna understand the whole drain-and-recovery storyline — it's giving saga, fr fr.

published from ./drivers/md/dm-vdo, dated October 2026, in the Kernel API Manual — that's the whole page, bestie, slay, go check if your journal drained ✨🎀🦋

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