nilfs_pallo..._entry_block(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 — this one's called nilfs_palloc_delete_entry_block, and yes it does exactly what it says on the tin: delete an entry block. that's it. that's the whole vibe check. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int nilfs_palloc_delete_entry_block (struct inode *inode , __u64 nr );

like… look at her. two args, returns an int. main character energy fr fr 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• inode — the inode of the metadata file that's using this allocator. it's giving "this is my house and my rules" 🏠✨
• nr — the serial number of the entry. bestie it's literally just which one 💅

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 on success 🎉 slay, it worked
• a negative error code on failure 😭💀 ngl that's not the outcome we were hoping for

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

so the kernel file lives at ./fs/nilfs2/alloc.c — no cap, that's where the magic happens 📁✨ and here's the whole friend group, all of them, not skipping a single one:

• nilfs_palloc_groups_per_desc_block(9)
• nilfs_palloc_groups_count(9)
• nilfs_palloc_init_blockgroup(9)
• nilfs_palloc_group(9)
• nilfs_palloc_desc_blkoff(9)
• nilfs_palloc_bitmap_blkoff(9)
• nilfs_palloc_group_desc_nfrees(9)
• nilfs_palloc_group_desc_add_entries(9)
• nilfs_palloc_entry_blkoff(9)
• nilfs_palloc_desc_block_init(9)
• nilfs_palloc_delete_block(9)
• nilfs_palloc_get_desc_block(9)
• nilfs_palloc_get_bitmap_block(9)
• nilfs_palloc_delete_bitmap_block(9)
• nilfs_palloc_get_entry_block(9)
• nilfs_palloc_group_desc_offset(9)
• nilfs_palloc_bitmap_offset(9)
• nilfs_palloc_entry_offset(9)
• nilfs_palloc_find_available_slot(9)
• nilfs_palloc_rest_groups_in_desc_block(9)
• nilfs_palloc_count_desc_blocks(9)
• nilfs_palloc_mdt_file_can_grow(9)
• nilfs_palloc_count_max_entries(9)
• nilfs_palloc_prepare_alloc_entry(9)
• nilfs_palloc_commit_alloc_entry(9)
• nilfs_palloc_commit_free_entry(9)
• nilfs_palloc_abort_alloc_entry(9)
• nilfs_palloc_prepare_free_entry(9)
• nilfs_palloc_abort_free_entry(9)
• nilfs_palloc_freev(9)

that's the whole squad fr fr 🫶🌈

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and that's the page!! 💜 shoutout to the source at ./fs/nilfs2 and the October 2026 date stamp — the manual name up top was nilfs_pallo..._entry_block(9) (rip to the truncation, she's iconic anyway 😭✨). mwah, go delete some entry blocks responsibly bestie 🎀💅