initialize_lock_counter(9)

✨ initialize_lock_counter(9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to initialize_lock_counter(9) from the Kernel API Manual — we're in our kernel-internals era and it's giving tiny-function-with-a-job energy. This page is literally about initializing a lock counter, and we're keeping every detail. No cap. 💅

💖 NAME 💖

initialize_lock_counter — Initialize a lock counter. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

       int initialize_lock_counter (struct recovery_journal *journal , struct
       vdo *vdo );

Exact signature, bestie: int, and the two arguments are right there. Not me preserving every character. ✨

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• journal — The recovery journal. 💖
• vdo — The vdo. 🦋

🔥 RETURN 🔥

VDO_SUCCESS or an error. That's the return tea, fr fr. ☕

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the related-page squad is all here — source-file reference first, then every single one:

• Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/recovery-journal.c Lock Counters.(9)
• get_zone_count_ptr(9)
• get_counter(9)
• is_journal_zone_locked(9)
• vdo_release_recovery_journal_block_reference(9)
• pop_free_list(9)
• is_block_dirty(9)
• is_block_empty(9)
• is_block_full(9)
• assert_on_journal_thread(9)
• continue_waiter(9)
• has_block_waiters(9)
• suspend_lock_counter(9)
• check_for_drain_complete(9)
• notify_recovery_journal_of_read_only_mode(9)
• enter_journal_read_only_mode(9)
• vdo_get_recovery_journal_current_sequence_number(9)
• get_recovery_journal_head(9)
• compute_recovery_count_byte(9)
• check_slab_journal_commit_threshold(9)
• finish_reaping(9)
• complete_reaping(9)
• handle_flush_error(9)
• initialize_journal_state(9)
• vdo_get_recovery_journal_length(9)
• reap_recovery_journal_callback(9)
• set_journal_tail(9)
• initialize_recovery_block(9)
• vdo_decode_recovery_journal(9)
• vdo_free_recovery_journal(9)
• vdo_initialize_recovery_journal_post_repair(9)
• vdo_get_journal_block_map_data_blocks_used(9)
• vdo_get_recovery_journal_thread_id(9)
• vdo_open_recovery_journal(9)
• vdo_record_recovery_journal(9)
• get_block_header(9)
• set_active_sector(9)
• advance_tail(9)
• initialize_lock_count(9)
• prepare_to_assign_entry(9)
• schedule_block_write(9)
• release_journal_block_reference(9)
• assign_entry(9)
• recycle_journal_block(9)
• continue_committed_waiter(9)
• notify_commit_waiters(9)
• recycle_journal_blocks(9)
• complete_write(9)
• add_queued_recovery_entries(9)
• write_block(9)
• write_blocks(9)
• vdo_add_recovery_journal_entry(9)
• is_lock_locked(9)
• reap_recovery_journal(9)
• vdo_acquire_recovery_journal_block_reference(9)
• vdo_release_journal_entry_lock(9)
• vdo_drain_recovery_journal(9)
• resume_lock_counter(9)
• vdo_resume_recovery_journal(9)
• vdo_get_recovery_journal_logical_blocks_used(9)
• vdo_get_recovery_journal_statistics(9)
• dump_recovery_block(9)
• vdo_dump_recovery_journal_statistics(9)

muah 💋 — source/version ./drivers/md/dm-vdo, date October 2026, and yep bestie, it's still initialize_lock_counter(9). periodt. 🫶