load_nilfs(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

load_nilfs — the function that loads and recovers the nilfs, bestie. This is the load_nilfs(9) manual page, and yes, it's giving kernel-internals main character energy ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int load_nilfs (struct the_nilfs *nilfs , struct super_block *sb );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• nilfs — the the_nilfs structure to be released. Okay so that's what the page says, and we are not rewriting the facts, periodt.
• sb — the super block instance used to recover past segment. She's the recovery sidekick 🫶

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So load_nilfs goes looking for the latest super root, loads it up, attaches the last segment, and does recovery if needed. Iconic behavior honestly.

The caller must call this exclusively for simultaneous mounts. No sharing, no double-dipping, no "but my friend is mounting too" — exclusive means exclusive, bestie 😭

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

0 on success, or one of these negative error codes on failure:

• -EINVAL — No valid segment found. The vibe check failed 💀
• -EIO — I/O error. Rough.
• -ENOMEM — Insufficient memory available. Not enough room for her.
• -EROFS — Read only device or RO compat mode (if recovery is required). Recovery said "not today" 🙈

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c — go be nosy, iykyk — plus these absolute icons:

• alloc_nilfs(9)
• destroy_nilfs(9)
• nilfs_store_log_cursor(9)
• nilfs_get_blocksize(9)
• nilfs_nrsvsegs(9)
• nilfs_max_segment_count(9)
• nilfs_sb2_bad_offset(9)
• init_nilfs(9)

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Mwah 💋 this lil page lives in ./fs/nilfs2, is dated October 2026, and it's load_nilfs(9) all the way down. Slay 🌈⭐