gfs2_meta_buffer(9)

💖 gfs2_meta_buffer — Get a metadata buffer 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the gfs2_meta_buffer(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — this is literally the “how do I get a metadata buffer” icon, and we’re keeping every detail. no cap. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

gfs2_meta_buffer — Get a metadata buffer 🌸

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💫 SYNOPSIS 💫

int gfs2_meta_buffer (struct gfs2_inode *ip , u32 mtype , u64 num ,
       struct buffer_head **bhp );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

okay, these are the four args and they are all doing main-character work:

• ip — the GFS2 inode 👑
• mtype — the block type, exactly GFS2_METATYPE_* 💅
• num — the block number (device relative) of the buffer 🎀
• bhp — the buffer is returned here 🦋

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💅 RETURN 💅

it returns errno, periodt. that’s the whole mood. 💀

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file is ./fs/gfs2/meta_io.c (copy that path exactly, bestie), and these functions are the friend group:

• gfs2_getbuf(9)
• gfs2_meta_new(9)
• gfs2_meta_read(9)
• gfs2_meta_wait(9)
• gfs2_ail1_wipe(9)
• gfs2_journal_wipe(9)
• gfs2_meta_ra(9)

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mwah 💋 source/version: ./fs/gfs2 · date: October 2026 · page: gfs2_meta_buffer(9) — byeee, go get that metadata buffer, bestie! 🫶✨