cl_wide_st_chg(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, this is cl_wide_st_chg(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the vibe check for one very specific question: true if the state change is a cluster wide one. like, is this state change the whole cluster's business or not? that's the whole main character energy of this function. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int cl_wide_st_chg (struct drbd_device *device , union drbd_state os ,
       union drbd_state ns );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• device — the DRBD device. yes, that device.
• os — old (current) state. the before pic, lowkey.
• ns — new (wanted) state. the glow-up we're trying to get to.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the kernel file is ./drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c, and these are the besties you should also check out:

• drbd_force_state(9)
• drbd_req_state(9)
• _drbd_request_state(9)
• is_valid_state(9)
• is_valid_soft_transition(9)
• is_valid_transition(9)
• sanitize_state(9)
• _drbd_set_state(9)
• after_state_ch(9)

and that's the whole page, fr fr 🫶 source/version: ./drivers/block/drbd; date: October 2026; page: cl_wide_st_chg(9) — bye bestie, slay your state changes responsibly 💖✨