nilfs_palloc..._desc_nfrees(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 NAME 🎀

nilfs_palloc_group_desc_nfrees — the lil' function that tells you how many free entries are chillin' in a group 💖

okay so bestie, manual name is nilfs_palloc..._desc_nfrees(9) and it lives in the Kernel API Manual, and yes we're getting into the nitty gritty of nilfs2 allocation today, slay ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

unsigned long nilfs_palloc_group_desc_nfrees (const struct
nilfs_palloc_group_desc *desc , spinlock_t *lock );

like, it returns an unsigned long, no cap 🫶

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • desc — pointer to the descriptor structure for the group 💅 this is the main character, the lil' struct that knows things
  • lock — the spin lock protecting desc 🔒 keep her safe, okay??

⭐ RETURN ⭐

Number of free entries written in the group descriptor desc. that's it, that's the whole vibe — it reads the number that's literally already sitting in desc and hands it to you 😌

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./fs/nilfs2/alloc.c and honestly the whole friend group 🫶:

and that's the whole page, bestie 💜 sourced from ./fs/nilfs2, dated October 2026, page nilfs_palloc..._desc_nfrees(9) — go read some kernel source, ily, bye 🧚‍♀️✨

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