glock_compare(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 glock_compare — the Kernel API Manual, section 9, bestie 🎀

okay so picture this: you're deep in ./fs/gfs2/glock.c and somebody needs to sort a whole pile of glocks. That's literally it. That's the whole job of glock_compare — it compares two struct gfs2_glock structures so they can be sorted. No cap, that's the entire assignment and she ate. ✨

✨ NAME ✨

glock_compare — compare two struct gfs2_glock structures for sorting 🦋

Lowkey the most self-explanatory name in the whole kernel and honestly? We love that for her.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int glock_compare (const void *arg_a , const void *arg_b );

Look at that signature. const void * twice, because she's flexible like that — she'll take any two pointers and do her little comparison thing. Periodt. 💅

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • arg_a — the first structure 💖
  • arg_b — the second structure ⭐

That's it. Two structures. She's not asking for much, she just wants both of them and then she's gonna tell you how they sort. Iconic behavior honestly.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay so this is the part where I gotta name-drop the entire friend group, because glock_compare does NOT roll alone. Every single one of these lives in the kernel file ./fs/gfs2/glock.c and you should absolutely go say hi to all forty of them:

Forty entries. Forty!! The way this function has more mutuals than I do 😭 but fr fr, that whole roster is the glock squad and they're all in ./fs/gfs2/glock.c together, living their best lives.

ngl if you're hunting for a function that actually does the sorting instead of just comparing, this page isn't gonna hand it to you — but the list above is genuinely where you start looking. No invented tips here, just the actual references, iykyk. 🙈

🧚 sign-off 🧚

this page came straight out of ./fs/gfs2, dated October 2026 — so yes, bestie, she's serving future-core and she knows it. stay glocked and loaded 💜🌈🔥

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