evict_should_delete(9)

💅 evict_should_delete(9) — the Kernel API Manual tea ☕

Okay bestie, so this one lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's called evict_should_delete. Yes, it's exactly as dramatic as it sounds — we're doing a vibe check on an inode to see if it's ✨eligible for deletion✨.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

evict_should_delete — determine whether the inode is eligible for deletion

Like, the whole point. That's the assignment. 🎯

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

enum evict_behavior evict_should_delete (struct inode *inode , struct gfs2_holder *gh );

Copy it exactly, okay? Don't come for me, this is verbatim fr fr. 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• inode — The inode to evict. This is the main character of the whole operation, ngl.
• gh — The glock holder structure. The supporting cast, but lowkey essential. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So this function determines whether the evicted inode is eligible to be deleted, and — plot twist — it also locks the inode glock. Two jobs, one function, main character energy honestly. 😭

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💖 RETURN 💖

It returns the fate of the dinode. Yep. The fate. Very dramatic. Destiny but make it a return value. 🔥

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./fs/gfs2/super.c — and the whole friend group:

• gfs2_jindex_free(9)
• gfs2_make_fs_rw(9)
• gfs2_lock_fs_check_clean(9)
• gfs2_write_inode(9)
• gfs2_dirty_inode(9)
• gfs2_make_fs_ro(9)
• gfs2_put_super(9)
• gfs2_sync_fs(9)
• gfs2_freeze_super(9)
• gfs2_thaw_super(9)
• statfs_slow_fill(9)
• gfs2_statfs_slow(9)
• gfs2_statfs_i(9)
• gfs2_statfs(9)
• gfs2_drop_inode(9)
• gfs2_show_options(9)
• gfs2_glock_put_eventually(9)
• evict_unlinked_inode(9)
• gfs2_evict_inode(9)

Read them all, bestie. For the lore. 📚✨

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No cap, that's every single reference — didn't skip a one. Your faves are all here. 🫶

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And that's the page, babe! Written by the ./fs/gfs2 girlies, dated October 2026 — yeah, they're from the future, and they still said evict_should_delete(9) at the bottom. Slay. 💜🎀💫