gfs2_log_submit_write(9)

💖 gfs2_log_submit_write(9) — NAME 💖

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie! This page is all about gfs2_log_submit_write, and the NAME section is literally: Submit a pending log write bio. that’s the whole assignment. periodt. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void gfs2_log_submit_write (struct bio **biop );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• biop — the address of the bio pointer. It’s giving pointer-to-pointer energy, iykyk. That’s the argument, no cap.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what does it do? It submits any pending part-built or full bio to the block device. If there is no pending bio, then this is a no-op — like, nothing happens, bestie. zero drama. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./fs/gfs2/lops.c is the one to peek at, and here are all the SEE ALSO besties, every single one:

• gfs2_pin(9)
• gfs2_unpin(9)
• gfs2_end_log_write_bh(9)
• gfs2_end_log_write(9)
• gfs2_log_alloc_bio(9)
• gfs2_log_get_bio(9)
• gfs2_log_write(9)
• gfs2_log_write_bh(9)
• gfs2_log_write_page(9)
• gfs2_end_log_read(9)
• gfs2_jhead_folio_search(9)
• gfs2_jhead_process_page(9)
• gfs2_find_jhead(9)
• databuf_lo_before_commit(9)

🫶 source/version: ./fs/gfs2 · date: October 2026 · page: gfs2_log_submit_write(9) — mwah, bestie 💋