inode_go_sync(9)

💫 inode_go_sync(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual chapter you didn't know you needed 💫

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're reading a page from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's giving main-character syscall energy. the star of the show is inode_go_sync, and yes she does exactly what her name says 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

inode_go_sync — sync the dirty metadata of an inode 🧚

like, the inode has been out here living its messy life, accumulating dirty metadata, and this function is the friend who shows up with a lint roller. it syncs it. that's the whole vibe.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int inode_go_sync (struct gfs2_glock *gl );

returns an int, takes one glock pointer, no cap. short and iconic 🎀

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• gl — the glock protecting the inode 🔥 literally the bodyguard. the glock is out here shielding the inode so the sync can happen safely. respect her.

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

okay so this is the friend group, the whole group chat, the ensemble cast 💖 all of these live in the kernel file ./fs/gfs2/glops.c:

• __gfs2_ail_flush(9)
• gfs2_rgrp_metasync(9)
• rgrp_go_sync(9)
• rgrp_go_inval(9)
• gfs2_inode_metasync(9)
• inode_go_inval(9)
• gfs2_inode_refresh(9)
• inode_go_instantiate(9)
• inode_go_dump(9)
• freeze_go_callback(9)
• freeze_go_xmote_bh(9)
• iopen_go_callback(9)

ngl that's a whole squad 🫶 go read their pages too, iykyk.

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ok that's the whole page 💀 it's short, it's sweet, it syncs metadata, it leaves. iconic behavior honestly.

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mwah 💜 this page came to you from the source path ./fs/gfs2, dated October 2026, and it's inode_go_sync(9) forever and always. slay, bye bestie!! 👑🌈