return_vio_to_pool(9)

💅 return_vio_to_pool(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🎀

okay so picture this: you're deep in the kernel API manual (yes, that one), and you've got a vio in your hands that you borrowed from a pool. This page is literally just about giving it back. One function. One argument. Zero drama. Periodt. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

return_vio_to_pool — return a vio to its pool 🫶

like, that's it. that's the whole job. you take the vio, you send it home. iconic behavior honestly.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void return_vio_to_pool (struct pooled_vio *vio );

copy it exactly, don't @ me, the spacing is what it is 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• vio — the pooled vio you're returning. the one going back to the pool. that's the whole vibe check right there 🌈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay so if you're the kind of girlie who likes the whole lore, the kernel file lives here:

Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/vio.c

and these are the sibling pages, the whole friend group fr fr:

• create_multi_block_metadata_vio(9)
• free_vio_components(9)
• free_vio(9)
• update_vio_error_stats(9)
• make_vio_pool(9)
• free_vio_pool(9)
• is_vio_pool_busy(9)
• acquire_vio_from_pool(9)

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bestie note: this is the return half of the story — if you got here without an acquire_vio_from_pool(9) moment first, maybe go read that one 💀 no cap.

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and that's the page!! 🍓 source/version and date, as promised, in a cute little sign-off: this masterpiece lives under ./drivers/md/dm-vdo, dated October 2026, and it's called return_vio_to_pool(9) in case you forgot already 🙈💜 mwah, go return that vio, you're doing amazing 💖🧚