make_bin(9)

💖 make_bin(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, make_bin is literally the move where it allocates a bin and puts it into the packer's list. that's the whole serve. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

no cap, here's the signature exactly as it is:

int make_bin (struct packer *packer );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• packer — the packer. yes, the packer — you're handing over the actual struct packer *, and it's main character energy. 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole friend group is right here, plus the kernel file itself:

• Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/packer.c
• vdo_get_compressed_block_fragment(9)
• assert_on_packer_thread(9)
• insert_in_sorted_list(9)
• vdo_make_packer(9)
• vdo_free_packer(9)
• get_packer_from_data_vio(9)
• vdo_get_packer_statistics(9)
• abort_packing(9)
• release_compressed_write_waiter(9)
• finish_compressed_write(9)
• add_to_bin(9)
• remove_from_bin(9)
• initialize_compressed_block(9)
• pack_fragment(9)
• compressed_write_end_io(9)
• write_bin(9)
• add_data_vio_to_packer_bin(9)
• select_bin(9)
• vdo_attempt_packing(9)
• check_for_drain_complete(9)
• write_all_non_empty_bins(9)
• vdo_flush_packer(9)
• vdo_remove_lock_holder_from_packer(9)
• vdo_increment_packer_flush_generation(9)
• vdo_drain_packer(9)
• vdo_resume_packer(9)
• vdo_dump_packer(9)

🫶 cute sign-off: source/version ./drivers/md/dm-vdo, date October 2026, page make_bin(9) — bye bestie, go allocate responsibly 💅