gfs2_ail1_empty(9)

💖 gfs2_ail1_empty(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for gfs2_ail1_empty — she's a little function from the kernel world and she's lowkey iconic ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

gfs2_ail1_empty — try to empty the ail1 lists, no cap 🧚

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

bool gfs2_ail1_empty (struct gfs2_sbd *sdp , int max_revokes );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• sdp — the superblock, bestie. that's the whole vibe.
• max_revokes — if this is non-zero, she adds revokes where appropriate 💅

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

So what she does: she tries to empty the ail1 lists, and she starts with the oldest first — oldest first is the rule, periodt 🫶

She returns true if the ail1 list is now empty. literally that's it, that's the function. slay 💖

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./fs/gfs2/log.c, plus all her friends in the group chat:

gfs2_struct2blk(9), gfs2_remove_from_ail(9), gfs2_ail1_start_one(9), gfs2_ail1_flush(9), gfs2_ail1_start(9), gfs2_ail1_empty_one(9), gfs2_log_is_empty(9), gfs2_log_release_revokes(9), gfs2_log_release(9), __gfs2_log_try_reserve(9), __gfs2_log_reserve(9), gfs2_log_try_reserve(9), gfs2_log_reserve(9), log_distance(9), calc_reserved(9), gfs2_flush_revokes(9), gfs2_write_log_header(9), log_write_header(9), gfs2_ail_drain(9), empty_ail1_list(9), gfs2_trans_drain(9), __gfs2_log_flush(9), gfs2_merge_trans(9), gfs2_log_commit(9), gfs2_log_shutdown(9), gfs2_logd(9)

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🌈 okay that's the whole page, hope it ate 💅 stay hydrated, go read ./fs/gfs2/log.c, and remember this one was served up from ./fs/gfs2 and dated October 2026 — mwah! 🍓💜