nfs_unlock_request(9)
π nfs_unlock_request β bestie, it's giving "unlock and wake the sleepers" β¨
okay so real talk, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's called nfs_unlock_request(9). it's a tiny one but it's lowkey iconic β let's get into it π
πΈ NAME πΈ
nfs_unlock_request β unlock the request and wake up the sleepers</p>. that's it. that's the whole vibe. π
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
void nfs_unlock_request (struct nfs_page *req );
yup, returns nothing (void), takes one thing, and it is exactly this. no cap. π«Ά
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
reqβ a pointer to the request. literally just a pointer to the request, bestie, that's the whole argument. π
π SEE ALSO π
okay so this lives in the kernel file ./fs/nfs/pagelist.c, and here's the whole friend group β every single one of them, no skips, fr fr:
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_and_release_request(9)nfs_free_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)
like, the whole nfs_pageio / nfs_pgio squad showed up to the function. main character energy all around. πβ
ngl this page is short but it eats. unlock the request, wake the sleepers, go be free. πβ¨
and that's a wrap, bestie!! this one came from ./fs/nfs, dated October 2026, and it's nfs_unlock_request(9) β mwah, see u in the next page ππ§π
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