nilfs_clear_dirty_pages(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, meet nilfs_clear_dirty_pages(9) — she’s from the Kernel API Manual, and her whole iconic thing is literally: discard dirty pages in address space. That’s the name, that’s the assignment, periodt. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void nilfs_clear_dirty_pages (struct address_space *mapping );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• mapping — the address space with dirty pages for discarding. Like, this is the spot holding the dirty pages you’re handing over to get discarded. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./fs/nilfs2/page.c
• nilfs_forget_buffer(9)
• nilfs_copy_buffer(9)
• nilfs_folio_buffers_clean(9)
• nilfs_copy_folio(9)
• nilfs_copy_back_pages(9)
• nilfs_clear_folio_dirty(9)
• nilfs_find_uncommitted_extent(9)

mwah 💋 bestie, that’s the whole page. This little cutie comes from the ./fs/nilfs2 source/version corner and is dated October 2026 — footer handled, no cap. 🎀