gfs2_glock_thaw(9)

💖 gfs2_glock_thaw 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the gfs2_glock_thaw(9) page — that's a section 9 kernel API manual, iykyk. This is the little function that thaws any frozen glocks, and honestly? iconic behaviour. Let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

gfs2_glock_thaw — thaw any frozen glocks 🧊➡️🔥

no cap, that's the whole job description.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void gfs2_glock_thaw (struct gfs2_sbd *sdp );

it returns void, so like… it does the thing and gives you nothing back. main character energy tbh 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• sdp — the super block. yes bestie, the super block, that's the one. hand it over and the glocks get their thaw on 🫶

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

okay this list is long and it ate, so let's give it the respect it deserves. all of these live in the kernel file ./fs/gfs2/glock.c:

• wake_up_glock(9)
• gfs2_glock_hold(9)
• gfs2_glock_put(9)
• may_grant(9)
• do_error(9)
• find_first_holder(9)
• do_promote(9)
• find_first_waiter(9)
• find_last_waiter(9)
• state_change(9)
• finish_xmote(9)
• do_xmote(9)
• run_queue(9)
• glock_set_object(9)
• glock_clear_object(9)
• gfs2_glock_get(9)
• __gfs2_holder_init(9)
• gfs2_holder_reinit(9)
• gfs2_holder_uninit(9)
• gfs2_glock_holder_ready(9)
• gfs2_glock_wait(9)
• gfs2_glock_async_wait(9)
• request_demote(9)
• add_to_queue(9)
• gfs2_glock_nq(9)
• gfs2_glock_poll(9)
• gfs2_glock_dq(9)
• gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(9)
• gfs2_glock_nq_num(9)
• glock_compare(9)
• nq_m_sync(9)
• gfs2_glock_nq_m(9)
• gfs2_glock_dq_m(9)
• gfs2_should_freeze(9)
• gfs2_glock_complete(9)
• glock_hash_walk(9)
• thaw_glock(9)
• gfs2_wait_glocks(9)
• dump_holder(9)
• gfs2_dump_glock(9)

like, the whole glock friend group showed up. obsessed 💜

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💀 friendly reminder: this page is filed under ./fs/gfs2, so that's where the source lives — go read it if you wanna see the real thing.

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and that's the vibe check, bestie 🌈 this lil number comes from the ./fs/gfs2 corner of the kernel, dated October 2026 — shoutout to the gfs2_glock_thaw(9) manual page for existing, periodt. 🎀✨🦋