sb_end_write(9)

💅 sb_end_write(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for sb_end_write(9) — this is the one where you politely give back your write access to a superblock. ✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

sb_end_write — drop write access to a superblock 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void sb_end_write (struct super_block *sb );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• sb — the super we wrote to 💫

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so what it actually does: it decrements the number of writers to the filesystem. then it wakes up possible waiters wanting to freeze the filesystem. that's the whole job. no cap. 💅

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./include/linux/fs/super.h and these iconic little friends:

• __sb_write_started(9)
• sb_write_started(9)
• sb_write_not_started(9)
• sb_end_pagefault(9)
• sb_end_intwrite(9)
• sb_start_write(9)
• sb_start_pagefault(9)
• sb_start_intwrite(9)

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that's the whole vibe 💖 source file: ./include/linux/fs · date: October 2026 · page: sb_end_write(9) ✨