free_vio(9)

💅 free_vio(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it is literally about free_vio, which destroys a vio. that's it. that's the whole vibe. short king behavior honestly 👑

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✨ NAME ✨

free_vio — Destroy a vio. yes bestie, that's the entire job description and she ate 💀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void free_vio (struct vio *vio );

not me giving you the exact signature because you WILL need it character for character 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• vio — the vio to destroy. like… the one you're getting rid of. the vio in question. the sacrificial vio, if you will 🙈

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💖 SEE ALSO 💖

lowkey the whole friend group is here, go say hi 👋

• Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/vio.c — the source file, the mothership, the origin story ✨
• create_multi_block_metadata_vio(9)
• free_vio_components(9)
• update_vio_error_stats(9)
• make_vio_pool(9)
• free_vio_pool(9)
• is_vio_pool_busy(9)
• acquire_vio_from_pool(9)
• return_vio_to_pool(9)

fr fr, if you're messing with vios you're gonna wanna read all of these. iykyk 💅

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ok that's the page!! no cap, it's a tiny one, but she's iconic in her own small way 🌈⭐

and that's a wrap bestie 🎀 this little gem lives in ./drivers/md/dm-vdo, dated October 2026, and it's filed under free_vio(9) — go forth and destroy your vios responsibly, mwah 💜🧚