drbd_req_state(9)

💅 drbd_req_state(9) — NAME 💅

okay so bestie, this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and the function is drbd_req_state: Perform an eventually cluster wide state change. That’s the name and the whole point, periodt. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

Here’s the exact signature, no edits, no vibes-based rewriting:

enum drbd_state_rv drbd_req_state (struct drbd_device *device , union
       drbd_state mask , union drbd_state val , enum chg_state_flags f );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• device — DRBD device.
• mask — mask of state bits to change.
• val — value of new state bits.
• f — flags.

slay, those are the args. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Should not be called directly, use drbd_request_state or _drbd_request_state.

That is literally the instruction, bestie: should not be called directly. Use drbd_request_state or _drbd_request_state. Don’t make it weird. 😭

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c — and these related manual icons:

• cl_wide_st_chg(9)
• drbd_force_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)

💖 that’s the tea: source/version path ./drivers/block/drbd, dated October 2026, page drbd_req_state(9) — mwah 💋✨