run_bg_commit(9)

hey bestie!! welcome to run_bg_commit(9) — the Kernel API Manual page that's lowkey about running a background commit when it's needed. let's get into it 💅✨

💖 NAME 💖

run_bg_commit — run background commit if it is needed. periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int run_bg_commit (struct ubifs_info *c );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• c — the UBIFS file-system description object. that's the whole vibe check here 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so this function runs background commit if it is needed. no extra chaos, just that.

it returns zero in case of success, and a negative error code in case of failure. zero = success slay, negative = failure, not slay 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

peep the Kernel file ./fs/ubifs/commit.c and these iconic cross-references:

• do_commit(9)
• ubifs_bg_thread(9)
• ubifs_commit_required(9)
• ubifs_request_bg_commit(9)
• wait_for_commit(9)
• ubifs_run_commit(9)
• ubifs_gc_should_commit(9)
• struct idx_node(9)
• dbg_old_index_check_init(9)
• dbg_check_old_index(9)

mwah 💋 that's the whole page! signing off from source/version ./fs/ubifs, dated October 2026 — bestie-certified and ready to commit (background-ly) 🌈