gfs2_glock_async_wait(9)

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💅 gfs2_glock_async_wait(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — yes we're in the kernel internals girlie hours, page name is gfs2_glock_async_wait and it's literally all about waiting on a whole squad of glocks at once. grab a strawberry 🍓 and let's go.

✨ NAME ✨

gfs2_glock_async_wait — wait on multiple asynchronous glock acquisitions. plural. a whole group chat of glocks. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int gfs2_glock_async_wait (unsigned int num_gh , struct gfs2_holder *ghs
, unsigned int retries );

not a single thing more, not a single thing less 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • num_gh — the number of holders in the array. like, how many besties are we waiting on 💖
  • ghs — the glock holder array. this is the group chat itself.
  • retries — number of retries attempted so far. how many times you've already been like "okay one more time 🙈"

👑 RETURN 👑

  • 0 — success, meaning all glocks have been granted and are held. slay. every single one. periodt ✨
  • -ESTALE — the request timed out, meaning all glocks were released, and the caller should retry the operation. not a fail exactly, just... a "try again babe" energy 😭
ngl, if you get -ESTALE everything's already been let go, so don't go touching those glocks like they're still yours — they are NOT 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole extended friend group, iykyk — all from Kernel file ./fs/gfs2/glock.c:

that's the whole page bestie, go read the glock ones next, they're lowkey iconic 🫶

mwah 💋 — this little number lives in ./fs/gfs2, dated October 2026, from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, obvi). take care of her, she's doing her best ✨

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