gfs2_meta_ra(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this is the gfs2_meta_ra(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and gfs2_meta_ra is literally here to start readahead on an extent of a file ✨ no cap.

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

struct buffer_head * gfs2_meta_ra (struct gfs2_glock *gl , u64 dblock ,
u32 extlen );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• gl — the glock the blocks belong to, bestie 🫶
• dblock — the starting disk block 💅
• extlen — the number of blocks in the extent 🌸

🦋 RETURN 🦋

the first buffer in the extent — that's the whole vibe 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
• 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_buffer(9)

that's the whole page, bestie — source/version: ./fs/gfs2, dated October 2026, and it's the gfs2_meta_ra(9) manual 💅✨