nilfs_palloc...n_desc_block(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, you found the Kernel API Manual page for nilfs_palloc...n_desc_block(9) and honestly? iconic. Let's get into it before the group chat moves on. 💖

✨ NAME ✨

nilfs_palloc_rest_groups_in_desc_block — get the remaining number of groups in a group descriptor block. That's the whole mission, no cap. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

       unsigned long nilfs_palloc_rest_groups_in_desc_block (const struct inode
       *inode , unsigned long curr , unsigned long max );

the way this signature just lines up and says exactly what it needs? obsessed. 🦋

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • inode — inode of metadata file using this allocator. yes, that inode, bestie. 💅
  • curr — current group number. literally the current group number.
  • max — maximum number of groups. the ceiling, the limit, the max. ⭐

⭐ RETURN ⭐

Number of remaining descriptors (= groups) managed by the descriptor block. That's the return value, periodt. ✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./fs/nilfs2/alloc.c is the source-side home base, and these are the related (9) pages — all of them, no skipping:

kisses from ./fs/nilfs2, dated October 2026, page name nilfs_palloc...n_desc_block(9) — bye bestie, go count those groups 💅🫶

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