nilfs_palloc_group(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 nilfs_palloc_group 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

nilfs_palloc_group — get group number and offset from an entry number

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

unsigned long nilfs_palloc_group (const struct inode *inode , __u64 nr ,
       unsigned long *offset );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • inode — the inode of the metadata file that’s using this allocator, periodt.
  • nr — the serial number of the entry (e.g. an inode number, iykyk).
  • offset — a pointer to store the offset number in the group.

🔥 RETURN 🔥

It returns the number of the group that contains the entry with the index specified by nr. Slay ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./fs/nilfs2/alloc.c

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