gfs2_glock_dq(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 gfs2_glock_dq — the Kernel API Manual moment you've all been waiting for ✨

okay so bestie, gather round, because this one is genuinely giving "releasing your grip on shared state" and it's lowkey iconic. we're in the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and the star of the show is a function called gfs2_glock_dq.

🌸 NAME 🌸

gfs2_glock_dq — dequeue a struct gfs2_holder from a glock (aka: release a glock) 💅

like, you had your moment holding the glock, and now you're gracefully exiting the group chat. no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void gfs2_glock_dq (struct gfs2_holder *gh );

that's it. that's the whole signature. returning void, so no little gift back, no return value, nothing. she just does the thing 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • gh — the glock holder 🧚 this is the struct gfs2_holder you're handing over so she can be dequeued, i.e. so the glock can be released. it's literally the main character of this whole function, so don't fumble it.
ngl there's only one argument here and that's the vibe. one pointer, one job, one slay.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

so the Kernel file ./fs/gfs2/glock.c is where all of this lives, and honestly the friend group is huge. here's everyone in the extended universe, alphabetically-ish, all in section 9, all very much part of the lore:

that's the whole roster, no skips, no "and friends" hand-waving, periodt. 💜

and that's the page!! 🎀 this little love letter comes to you from ./fs/gfs2, dated October 2026 — go forth and dequeue responsibly, bestie 💖✨

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