nilfs_bmap_...irty_buffers(9)

💖 nilfs_bmap_lookup_dirty_buffers — bestie's guide to grabbing those dirty buffers 💖

okay so this is from the Kernel API Manual, and like… the name is a whole mouthful so let's just get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

nilfs_bmap_lookup_dirty_buffers — lowkey just collects dirty block buffers, that's the whole vibe 🧚

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void nilfs_bmap_lookup_dirty_buffers (struct nilfs_bmap *bmap , struct list_head *listp );

no cap, that's the signature, it's giving simple and iconic 🎀

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• bmap — a bmap, yes bestie the argument is literally just named bmap and described as "bmap" 😭 that's the whole note, okay, we move 🫶
• listp — pointer to buffer head list ✨ this is where the collection goes, iykyk

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

okay so the Kernel file is ./fs/nilfs2/bmap.c, and it's linked up with the whole bmap crew, like the group chat of nilfs2 functions, and honestly? obsessed 👑

• nilfs_bmap_lookup_at_level(9)
• nilfs_bmap_insert(9)
• nilfs_bmap_seek_key(9)
• nilfs_bmap_delete(9)
• nilfs_bmap_truncate(9)
• nilfs_bmap_clear(9)
• nilfs_bmap_propagate(9)
• nilfs_bmap_assign(9)
• nilfs_bmap_mark(9)
• nilfs_bmap_test_and_clear_dirty(9)
• nilfs_bmap_read(9)
• nilfs_bmap_write(9)

and that's the whole page bestie, short and sweet fr fr 🍓 this little stan letter came from ./fs/nilfs2 and it's dated October 2026, so like, put it in your calendar and slay 💜🦋🌸