nfs_free_request(9)

💖 nfs_free_request(9) 💖

ok so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's a little one but she matters. bestie, we're talking about nfs_free_request — the function that drops the count on an NFS read/write request. that's it. that's the whole vibe. releasing counts, slaying, moving on. ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

nfs_free_request — release the count on an NFS read/write request 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void nfs_free_request (struct nfs_page *req );

like yes, it returns void, it takes exactly one thing, she's simple, she's iconic, no cap. 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• req — the request you're releasing. that's the one. hand her over. 🌈

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⚠️ NOTE ⚠️

ok this is the important one so lock in fr fr:

should never be called with the spinlock held! 🚨 like, never ever. not even once. not even a little. do not do it. i'm literally begging. 😭

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole friend group, gathered for you:

• kernel file ./fs/nfs/pagelist.c 👑
• nfs_iocounter_wait(9)
• nfs_async_iocounter_wait(9)
• nfs_page_group_sync_on_bit_locked(9)
• nfs_page_create_from_page(9)
• nfs_page_create_from_folio(9)
• nfs_unlock_request(9)
• nfs_unlock_and_release_request(9)
• nfs_pgio_data_destroy(9)
• nfs_pgio_rpcsetup(9)
• nfs_pgio_prepare(9)
• nfs_pgio_error(9)
• nfs_pgio_release(9)
• nfs_pageio_init(9)
• nfs_pgio_result(9)
• nfs_coalesce_size(9)
• nfs_pageio_do_add_request(9)
• __nfs_pageio_add_request(9)
• nfs_pageio_complete(9)
• nfs_pageio_cond_complete(9)

iykyk 💜

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and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this lil cutie lives in ./fs/nfs and she's dated October 2026 — talk to you in the future, bestie, muah 🧚‍♀️🎀💖