nilfs_palloc_bitmap_offset(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 nilfs_palloc_bitmap_offset(9) — the Kernel API Manual page, bestie edition 🎀

okay so real talk, this one lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's called nilfs_palloc_bitmap_offset — and it does exactly one (1) thing: it calculates the byte offset</> of a bitmap block inside the folio that's holding it. that's it. that's the whole job. and honestly? she ate. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

nilfs_palloc_bitmap_offset — calculate the byte offset of a bitmap block in the folio containing it 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

size_t nilfs_palloc_bitmap_offset (const struct buffer_head *bh );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • bh — the buffer head of the bitmap block 🌸 that's the one and only thing you hand her.

✨ RETURN ✨

She gives you back the byte offset in the folio of the bitmap block for bh. no cap, that's the return value. 🫶

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

so there's a whole squad in ./fs/nilfs2/alloc.c (the Kernel file, iykyk) and she runs with all of them — every single one is listed below, no gatekeeping:

like. the whole friend group. 💀👑

and that's the page!! shoutout to ./fs/nilfs2 for being the home base, this one's dated October 2026, and she's signing off — bestie, go read the source, it's giving main character energy 💜🎀⭐

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