nilfs_construct_segment(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to nilfs_construct_segment(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this one is all about building a logical segment. Slay. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int nilfs_construct_segment (struct super_block *sb );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• sb — the super block. literally the super block, bestie. no cap.

✨ RETURN ✨

It returns 0 on success 🫶. If it fails, you get one of these negative error codes:

• -EIO — I/O error (including metadata corruption). 💀
• -ENOMEM — Insufficient memory available. 😭
• -ENOSPC — No space left on device (only in a panic state). 🙈
• -ERESTARTSYS — Interrupted. ✋
• -EROFS — Read only filesystem. 🔒

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

The kernel file is ./fs/nilfs2/segment.c, and these are the related besties:

• nilfs_transaction_begin(9)
• nilfs_transaction_commit(9)
• nilfs_segctor_reset_segment_buffer(9)
• nilfs_segctor_zeropad_segsum(9)
• nilfs_write_root_mdt_inode(9)
• nilfs_free_segments(9)
• nilfs_segctor_begin_construction(9)
• nilfs_prepare_write_logs(9)
• nilfs_segctor_start_timer(9)
• nilfs_construct_dsync_segment(9)
• nilfs_segctor_accept(9)
• nilfs_segctor_notify(9)
• nilfs_segctor_construct(9)
• nilfs_log_write_required(9)
• nilfs_segctor_thread(9)
• nilfs_segctor_destroy(9)
• nilfs_attach_log_writer(9)
• nilfs_detach_log_writer(9)

this page came from the ./fs/nilfs2 source tree, dated October 2026, and it's all about nilfs_construct_segment(9) — periodt 💅💖