sb_end_pagefault(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

Okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for sb_end_pagefault(9) β€” short icon behavior, zero fluff, all vibes. 🌸

✨ NAME ✨

sb_end_pagefault β€” drop write access to a superblock from a page fault

🌟 SYNOPSIS 🌟

void sb_end_pagefault (struct super_block *sb );

That’s the whole signature: void return, one argument, no cap. πŸ’…

πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • sb β€” the super we wrote to.

πŸ’– DESCRIPTION πŸ’–

Here’s the tea: she decrements the number of processes handling write page fault to the filesystem. Then she wakes up possible waiters wanting to freeze the filesystem. That’s the whole job β€” bookkeeping and waking, periodt. 🫢

πŸ¦‹ SEE ALSO πŸ¦‹

Kernel file: ./include/linux/fs/super.h

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Okay that’s the page! Source vibes: ./include/linux/fs, dated October 2026, and yes the title is still sb_end_pagefault(9). Mwah, bye bestie! πŸ«ΆπŸ’–

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