ext2_find_goal(9)

✨ ext2_find_goal(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 this one is short but iconic: ext2_find_goal is literally here to find a preferred place for allocation. slay.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ext2_find_goal — find a preferred place for allocation.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

ext2_fsblk_t ext2_find_goal (struct inode *inode , long block , Indirect
       *partial );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• inode — owner 👑
• block — block we want 🔥
• partial — pointer to the last triple within a chain 🧚

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Returns preferred place for a block (the goal). periodt. that's the whole vibe check — it gives you the goal spot for a block 💖

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./fs/ext2/inode.c 👀 and the whole friend group:

• ext2_block_to_path(9)
• ext2_get_branch(9)
• ext2_find_near(9)
• ext2_blks_to_allocate(9)
• ext2_alloc_blocks(9)
• ext2_alloc_branch(9)
• ext2_splice_branch(9)
• ext2_find_shared(9)
• ext2_free_data(9)
• ext2_free_branches(9)

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no cap, that's the whole page — every argument, every reference, every little detail is here 🫶

mwah 💋 this cutie came from source/version ./fs/ext2, dated October 2026, and it's still signing off as ext2_find_goal(9) — iconic behavior, fr fr 💅✨