gfs2_ail_drain(9)

💅 gfs2_ail_drain(9) — the Kernel API Manual moment

okay so first things first, bestie: this page lives in the Kernel API Manual, and the star of the show is gfs2_ail_drain — that's the page name, section 9, iykyk 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

gfs2_ail_drain — drain the ail lists after a withdraw

like… yes, that's genuinely what it does. the vibe is "we hit a withdraw, time to empty the aisles" 🧹💀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void gfs2_ail_drain (struct gfs2_sbd *sdp );

no return value, it's a void girlie — she does the thing and leaves, no receipts 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• sdp — Pointer to GFS2 superblock. that's the one and only thing she needs from you, no cap 💖

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is the whole friend group, and honestly? iconic lineup. the source lives in the Kernel file ./fs/gfs2/log.c, and then we have:

• 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_ail1_empty(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)
• 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)

all of them, in that exact order, no skips, no cap. go read them, they're lowkey all in their main character era ⭐

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ngl bestie, if you're looking at this page you're probably already deep in the log code — this is ./fs/gfs2 territory, tread carefully 💜

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and that's the whole page, fr fr 🎀 she ships from the source directory ./fs/gfs2, dated October 2026, and she's out — slay, goodbye, see you in gfs2_ail_drain(9) again 💅✨