prepare_for...block_commit(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so you opened the prepare_for...block_commit(9) page, and it lives in the Kernel API Manual, bestie. The NAME is prepare_for_tail_block_commit — literally “Prepare to commit oldest tail blocks.” That’s the vibe. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void prepare_for_tail_block_commit (void *context , struct
       vdo_completion *parent );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• context — The slab depot. That’s the whole arg, no cap. 💅
• parent — The parent operation. iconic. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

lowkey this one is short and sweet: it implements vdo_action_preamble_fn. That’s it. No extra lore, no made-up behavior, fr fr. 🌸

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/slab-depot.c, plus every single reference from the original list — I’m giving you the full set in order, because we do not skip details in this house. 👑

• get_lock(9)
• must_make_entries_to_flush(9)
• is_reaping(9)
• initialize_tail_block(9)
• initialize_journal_state(9)
• block_is_full(9)
• is_slab_journal_blank(9)
• mark_slab_journal_dirty(9)
• compute_fullness_hint(9)
• check_summary_drain_complete(9)
• notify_summary_waiters(9)
• finish_updating_slab_summary_block(9)
• finish_update(9)
• handle_write_error(9)
• launch_write(9)
• update_slab_summary_entry(9)
• finish_reaping(9)
• complete_reaping(9)
• handle_flush_error(9)
• flush_for_reaping(9)
• reap_slab_journal(9)
• adjust_slab_journal_block_reference(9)
• release_journal_locks(9)
• update_tail_block_location(9)
• reopen_slab_journal(9)
• complete_write(9)
• write_slab_journal_block(9)
• commit_tail(9)
• encode_slab_journal_entry(9)
• expand_journal_point(9)
• add_entry(9)
• vdo_attempt_replay_into_slab(9)
• requires_reaping(9)
• launch_reference_block_write(9)
• finish_reference_block_write(9)
• get_reference_counters_for_block(9)
• pack_reference_block(9)
• handle_io_error(9)
• write_reference_block(9)
• reference_count_to_status(9)
• dirty_block(9)
• get_reference_block(9)
• slab_block_number_from_pbn(9)
• get_reference_counter(9)
• adjust_free_block_count(9)
• increment_for_data(9)
• decrement_for_data(9)
• increment_for_block_map(9)
• update_reference_count(9)
• add_entry_from_waiter(9)
• is_next_entry_a_block_map_increment(9)
• add_entries(9)
• reset_search_cursor(9)
• advance_search_cursor(9)
• vdo_adjust_reference_count_for_rebuild(9)
• replay_reference_count_change(9)
• find_zero_byte_in_word(9)
• find_free_block(9)
• search_current_reference_block(9)
• search_reference_blocks(9)
• make_provisional_reference(9)
• dirty_all_reference_blocks(9)
• match_bytes(9)
• count_valid_references(9)
• unpack_reference_block(9)
• finish_reference_block_load(9)
• load_reference_block_group(9)
• load_reference_blocks(9)
• drain_slab(9)
• read_slab_journal_tail(9)
• load_slab_journal(9)
• get_next_slab(9)
• has_slabs_to_scrub(9)
• uninitialize_scrubber_vio(9)
• finish_scrubbing(9)
• slab_scrubbed(9)
• abort_scrubbing(9)
• handle_scrubber_error(9)
• apply_block_entries(9)
• apply_journal_entries(9)
• start_scrubbing(9)
• scrub_next_slab(9)
• scrub_slabs(9)
• get_depot_slab_iterator(9)
• next_slab(9)
• abort_waiter(9)
• vdo_acquire_provisional_reference(9)
• open_slab(9)
• vdo_enqueue_clean_slab_waiter(9)
• vdo_modify_reference_count(9)
• vdo_notify_slab_journals_are_recovered(9)
• make_slab(9)
• allocate_slabs(9)
• vdo_abandon_new_slabs(9)
• release_recovery_journal_lock(9)
• schedule_tail_block_commit(9)
• initialize_slab_scrubber(9)
• initialize_slab_summary_block(9)
• vdo_decode_slab_depot(9)
• vdo_free_slab_depot(9)
• vdo_record_slab_depot(9)
• vdo_allocate_reference_counters(9)
• get_slab_number(9)
• vdo_get_slab(9)
• vdo_get_increment_limit(9)
• vdo_is_physical_data_block(9)
• vdo_get_slab_depot_allocated_blocks(9)
• vdo_get_slab_depot_data_blocks(9)
• finish_combining_zones(9)
• combine_summaries(9)
• finish_loading_summary(9)
• load_slab_summary(9)
• vdo_load_slab_depot(9)
• vdo_prepare_slab_depot_to_allocate(9)
• vdo_update_slab_depot_size(9)
• vdo_prepare_to_grow_slab_depot(9)
• finish_registration(9)
• vdo_use_new_slabs(9)
• stop_scrubbing(9)
• vdo_drain_slab_depot(9)
• resume_scrubbing(9)
• vdo_resume_slab_depot(9)
• vdo_commit_oldest_slab_journal_tail_blocks(9)
• vdo_scrub_all_unrecovered_slabs(9)
• get_block_allocator_statistics(9)
• get_ref_counts_statistics(9)
• get_slab_journal_statistics(9)
• vdo_get_slab_depot_statistics(9)
• vdo_dump_slab_depot(9)

okay that’s the whole page, bestie! 💖 This cutie comes from the ./drivers/md/dm-vdo source/version, dated October 2026, and it’s the prepare_for...block_commit(9) page. periodt. 🫶