new_wbuf_timer_nolock(9)
π new_wbuf_timer_nolock(9) β from the Kernel API Manual, bestie β¨
okay so picture this: you're down in the UBIFS mines and you need a write-buffer timer to start, like, right now, and you're already holding the lock so nobody else can sneak in. that's the whole gig. it's giving tiny helper function with main character energy π
β¨ NAME β¨
new_wbuf_timer_nolock β start new write-buffer timer. literally what it says on the tin, no cap π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
void new_wbuf_timer_nolock (struct ubifs_info *c , struct ubifs_wbuf
*wbuf );
returns nothing (void), takes two pointers, in and out, slay π
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
cβ the UBIFS file-system description object. like, the whole file system's vibe in one struct π«Άwbufβ the write-buffer descriptor. this is the lil buffer bestie we're arming the timer on β°
π₯ SEE ALSO π₯
heads up, this is a long list and i'm obsessed with it. all of these live in the kernel file./fs/ubifs/io.c, and every single one of them is a(9)manpage, iykyk π
ubifs_ro_mode(9)ubifs_check_node(9)ubifs_pad(9)next_sqnum(9)ubifs_prepare_node_hmac(9)ubifs_prepare_node(9)ubifs_prep_grp_node(9)wbuf_timer_callback_nolock(9)cancel_wbuf_timer_nolock(9)ubifs_wbuf_sync_nolock(9)ubifs_wbuf_seek_nolock(9)ubifs_bg_wbufs_sync(9)ubifs_wbuf_write_nolock(9)ubifs_write_node_hmac(9)ubifs_write_node(9)ubifs_read_node_wbuf(9)ubifs_read_node(9)ubifs_wbuf_init(9)ubifs_wbuf_add_ino_nolock(9)wbuf_has_ino(9)ubifs_sync_wbufs_by_inode(9)
like i said. iconic lineup. periodt πβ¨
and that's the whole page, bestie β brought to you by source ./fs/ubifs, dated October 2026, and yes the manual name up top really is Kernel API Manual π go start that timer, you got this π§ββοΈπ
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms