handle_geome...k_save_error(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💾 handle_geometry_block_save_error(9)

okay so this one's from the Kernel API Manual, and bestie, it is a tiny little page but it's doing important work behind the scenes, so let's give it the attention it deserves 💅

✨ NAME ✨

handle_geometry_block_save_error — literally just logs a geometry block save error. That's the whole job. It's giving "I'm the friend who remembers to screenshot the receipt" energy 🧾✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void handle_geometry_block_save_error (struct vdo_completion *completion
);

no cap, that's the entire signature 🌸

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • completion — the super block vio. that's it. that's the argument. she's a simple girl with one job 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so this error handler is registered in vdo_save_geometry_block. like, that's where she lives, that's who she answers to. when a geometry block save goes sideways, this is the function that shows up to log it. iconic behavior honestly 🔥

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the extended universe, fr fr — every single one of these is part of the same friend group:

like I said. whole friend group. go say hi to all of them 😭💜

and that's the page!! 💅✨ this little gem lives over in ./drivers/md/dm-vdo, it's dated October 2026, and in the header it goes by handle_geome...k_save_error(9) because even manpage titles get truncated sometimes and honestly? relatable 🎀 bye bestie, go log some errors responsibly 🌈⭐

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