gfs2_internal_read(9)

💅 gfs2_internal_read(9)

okay so this one's from the Kernel API Manual — it's gfs2_internal_read(9), bestie, and it literally does what it says on the tin: it reads an internal file. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

gfs2_internal_read — read an internal file 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ssize_t gfs2_internal_read (struct gfs2_inode *ip , char *buf , loff_t
*pos , size_t size );

like, that's the whole signature, no cap. it hands you back a ssize_t, periodt. ✨

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• ip — the gfs2 inode. the main character of this whole operation, honestly. 👑
• buf — the buffer to fill. it's giving empty cup, you're gonna pour data in it. 🍓
• pos — the file position. where we're at, iykyk. 📍
• size — the amount to read. how much we're taking, bestie. 📏

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./fs/gfs2/aops.c has the whole friend group, and honestly they all ate:

• gfs2_get_block_noalloc(9)
• gfs2_write_jdata_folio(9)
• __gfs2_jdata_write_folio(9)
• gfs2_jdata_writeback(9)
• gfs2_writepages(9)
• gfs2_write_jdata_batch(9)
• gfs2_write_cache_jdata(9)
• gfs2_jdata_writepages(9)
• stuffed_read_folio(9)
• gfs2_read_folio(9)
• gfs2_readahead(9)
• adjust_fs_space(9)
• gfs2_bmap(9)
• gfs2_release_folio(9)

go read all of them, fr fr, they're iconic. 💜

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lowkey the whole squad lives in ./fs/gfs2 and they're all serving. go say hi. 🫶

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✨ that's the page ✨ — courtesy of ./fs/gfs2, dated October 2026, straight out of the Kernel API Manual. slay, bye bestie 💅💖