gfs2_log_release_revokes(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 gfs2_log_release_revokes(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's a lil kernel function called gfs2_log_release_revokes, and honestly? it does exactly what it says on the tin. no cap. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

gfs2_log_release_revokes — release a given number of revokes. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void gfs2_log_release_revokes (struct gfs2_sbd *sdp , unsigned int
revokes );

literally just hand it a superblock and a count of revokes and it's out of your hair. returns void — nothing back, no drama, no receipts, periodt. 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • sdp — the GFS2 superblock. the main character of this whole operation tbh 👑
  • revokes — the number of revokes to release. yes, it's unsigned int, yes you need the right number, don't come for me 🙈

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so here's the one thing you cannot skip: sdp->sd_log_flush_lock must be held.

that's it. that's the entire description. short queen energy ✨ but fr fr, if you're calling this without holding that lock, we need to talk 😭

no lock, no call. i don't make the rules, the kernel does 💀

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

take a lil stroll through the kernel file here — it's ./fs/gfs2/log.c — and while you're in there, these are all your besties:

like, that's a whole friend group right there 🔥 go read all of them, i'll wait 🍓

🎀 sign-off 🎀

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