netfs_wait_...tstanding_io(9)

💖 NAME 💖

netfs_wait_for_outstanding_io — wait for outstanding I/O to complete, bestie 💅

Okay so this is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the "hold up, let the I/O finish first" function 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void netfs_wait_for_outstanding_io (struct inode *inode );

No cap, that's the whole signature 👑

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• inode — the netfs inode you're waiting on, periodt 🦋

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So what this does is wait for outstanding I/O requests of any type to complete. Like, all of them. Every vibe. Every request. It's giving patient main character energy 😌

It's intended to be called from inode eviction routines — yes, that's the whole point, iykyk 💫

And why do we care? Because this makes sure that any resources held by those requests are cleaned up before we let the inode get cleaned up. So it's basically the "clean up your room before you leave" of kernel functions 🧹✨

Lowkey important: don't let the inode get cleaned up before those requests finish and their resources are released. That's the whole assignment 💀

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

The kernel file ./include/linux/netfs.h, plus these iconic little references:

• folio_start_private_2(9)
• netfs_inode(9)
• netfs_read_remote_i_size(9)
• netfs_read_zero_point(9)
• netfs_read_sizes(9)
• netfs_inode_init(9)
• netfs_resize_file(9)
• netfs_i_cookie(9)

Go read them, bestie, they're all part of the same friend group 🌈

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And that's the page, fr fr 💜 It lives under ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and yes — the header said netfs_wait_...tstanding_io(9) and the footer said the same thing again. We love a consistent queen 👑✨ Slay responsibly! 🎀