release_jou...ck_reference(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for release_jou...ck_reference(9) — yes, that truncated-looking header is literally the header, and we're moving on with our lives. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

release_journal_block_reference — Release a reference to a journal block. That's the whole NAME section, and it understood the assignment. ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

the signature, exactly:

void release_journal_block_reference (struct recovery_journal_block
       *block );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• block — The journal block from which to release a reference. This is the block you're pointing at, bestie; no extra lore. 🫶

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

all the cross refs, no skipping, periodt:

• Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/recovery-journal.c Lock Counters.(9) — yes, both are listed right there.
• get_zone_count_ptr(9)
• get_counter(9)
• is_journal_zone_locked(9)
• vdo_release_recovery_journal_block_reference(9)
• pop_free_list(9)
• is_block_dirty(9)
• is_block_empty(9)
• is_block_full(9)
• assert_on_journal_thread(9)
• continue_waiter(9)
• has_block_waiters(9)
• suspend_lock_counter(9)
• check_for_drain_complete(9)
• notify_recovery_journal_of_read_only_mode(9)
• enter_journal_read_only_mode(9)
• vdo_get_recovery_journal_current_sequence_number(9)
• get_recovery_journal_head(9)
• compute_recovery_count_byte(9)
• check_slab_journal_commit_threshold(9)
• finish_reaping(9)
• complete_reaping(9)
• handle_flush_error(9)
• initialize_journal_state(9)
• vdo_get_recovery_journal_length(9)
• reap_recovery_journal_callback(9)
• initialize_lock_counter(9)
• set_journal_tail(9)
• initialize_recovery_block(9)
• vdo_decode_recovery_journal(9)
• vdo_free_recovery_journal(9)
• vdo_initialize_recovery_journal_post_repair(9)
• vdo_get_journal_block_map_data_blocks_used(9)
• vdo_get_recovery_journal_thread_id(9)
• vdo_open_recovery_journal(9)
• vdo_record_recovery_journal(9)
• get_block_header(9)
• set_active_sector(9)
• advance_tail(9)
• initialize_lock_count(9)
• prepare_to_assign_entry(9)
• schedule_block_write(9)
• assign_entry(9)
• recycle_journal_block(9)
• continue_committed_waiter(9)
• notify_commit_waiters(9)
• recycle_journal_blocks(9)
• complete_write(9)
• add_queued_recovery_entries(9)
• write_block(9)
• write_blocks(9)
• vdo_add_recovery_journal_entry(9)
• is_lock_locked(9)
• reap_recovery_journal(9)
• vdo_acquire_recovery_journal_block_reference(9)
• vdo_release_journal_entry_lock(9)
• vdo_drain_recovery_journal(9)
• resume_lock_counter(9)
• vdo_resume_recovery_journal(9)
• vdo_get_recovery_journal_logical_blocks_used(9)
• vdo_get_recovery_journal_statistics(9)
• dump_recovery_block(9)
• vdo_dump_recovery_journal_statistics(9)

that's the page, bestie! source/version is ./drivers/md/dm-vdo, date is October 2026, and the footer name is release_jou...ck_reference(9). byeee, go release those references responsibly 💖✨