gfs2_meta_wait(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 gfs2_meta_wait(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — this is gfs2_meta_wait, and yes it lives in the kernel, and no you cannot just vibe your way through it. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

gfs2_meta_wait — Reread a block from disk 🎀

like, literally go get that block again. from disk. no cap 💾✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int gfs2_meta_wait (struct gfs2_sbd *sdp , struct buffer_head *bh );

that's the whole signature, character for character, don't @ me 💅

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • sdp — the filesystem 🗂️ yep, that's it, that's the whole description. it's the filesystem, bestie, the main character of this whole operation 👑
  • bh — The block to wait for ⏳ like the block is on its way and you are standing there waiting for it. iconic behavior honestly 🧚

⭐ RETURN ⭐

errno — that's what comes back at you 📬 the classic. iykyk 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./fs/gfs2/meta_io.c — that's the source file, go read it if you're feeling brave 🦋

and then the whole friend group of functions:

go say hi to all of them, they're all in the same little ./fs/gfs2 neighborhood fr fr 🏡

ok so quick vibe check before you go: this page is in the ./fs/gfs2 directory, dated October 2026 🌸 — that's the version/date situation, noted, logged, slayed. mwah 💋

periodt, that's the whole page, love u, bye 🫶💅✨

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