nilfs_detach_log_writer(9)

💅 NAME 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for nilfs_detach_log_writer — and the name is literally destroy log writer. it's giving “cleanup main character energy,” ngl. 🧹✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void nilfs_detach_log_writer (struct super_block *sb );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• sb — super block instance. that's it, that's the whole argument list, and she ate. 💅

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so here's the tea: this function kills log writer daemon, frees the log writer object, and destroys list of dirty files. three little tasks, one iconic cleanup moment — periodt. 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file is ./fs/nilfs2/segment.c, and the whole friend group is:

• 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_segment(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)

💖 cute sign-off: this page lives under ./fs/nilfs2, dated October 2026, and it's the nilfs_detach_log_writer(9) page — bye bestie, slay your cleanup! 🎀