gfs2_getbuf(9)

💖 gfs2_getbuf(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for gfs2_getbuf — yes it's a kernel page, yes it's gfs2_getbuf(9), yes you're gonna get it. this one's short and sweet, like a little snack between the big scary glock pages 🍓

✨ NAME ✨

gfs2_getbuf — get a buffer with a given address space ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct buffer_head * gfs2_getbuf (struct gfs2_glock *gl , u64 blkno ,
       int create );

that's the whole signature, no cap. it hands you back a struct buffer_head * 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• gl — the glock 💅
• blkno — the block number, and it's in filesystem scope (iykyk) 🔥
• create — 1 if the buffer should be created

👑 RETURN 👑

the buffer. that's it. that's the return. the buffer ⭐

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file ./fs/gfs2/meta_io.c — and yes, the whole friend group is here, go say hi:

• gfs2_meta_new(9)
• gfs2_meta_read(9)
• gfs2_meta_wait(9)
• gfs2_ail1_wipe(9)
• gfs2_journal_wipe(9)
• gfs2_meta_buffer(9)
• gfs2_meta_ra(9)

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this icon lives under ./fs/gfs2, from the October 2026 drop, so go forth and get those buffers bestie 🧚💜