start_bypassing(9)

💖 start_bypassing(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for start_bypassing(9). This is the little exit-door moment for hash locks, and we’re gonna keep it cute and exact. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

start_bypassing — stop using the hash lock. periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void start_bypassing (struct hash_lock *lock , struct data_vio *agent );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• lock — the hash lock. That’s the lock getting its bypass moment. 🔒✨
• agent — the data_vio acting as the agent for the lock. main character energy fr fr. 🌟

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so start_bypassing() stops using the hash lock. This is the final transition for hash locks which did not get an error — like the last step in the glow-up before they leave the group chat. No error, no drama, just the final transition. 💖

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

the whole squad is here, bestie — every single one, no skips:

• Kernel file: ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/dedupe.c — the home base. 🏠
• Introduction(9)
• return_hash_lock_to_pool(9)
• vdo_get_duplicate_lock(9)
• hash_lock_key(9)
• get_hash_lock_state_name(9)
• assert_hash_lock_agent(9)
• set_duplicate_lock(9)
• dequeue_lock_waiter(9)
• set_hash_lock(9)
• exit_hash_lock(9)
• set_duplicate_location(9)
• retire_lock_agent(9)
• wait_on_hash_lock(9)
• abort_waiter(9)
• finish_unlocking(9)
• unlock_duplicate_pbn(9)
• start_unlocking(9)
• finish_updating(9)
• start_updating(9)
• finish_deduping(9)
• acquire_lock(9)
• enter_forked_lock(9)
• fork_hash_lock(9)
• launch_dedupe(9)
• start_deduping(9)
• increment_stat(9)
• finish_verifying(9)
• start_verifying(9)
• finish_locking(9)
• lock_duplicate_pbn(9)
• start_locking(9)
• finish_writing(9)
• select_writing_agent(9)
• start_writing(9)
• finish_querying(9)
• start_querying(9)
• report_bogus_lock_state(9)
• vdo_continue_hash_lock(9)
• is_hash_collision(9)
• vdo_acquire_hash_lock(9)
• vdo_release_hash_lock(9)
• transfer_allocation_lock(9)
• vdo_share_compressed_write_lock(9)
• report_dedupe_timeouts(9)
• finish_index_operation(9)
• check_for_drain_complete(9)
• vdo_make_hash_zones(9)
• vdo_free_hash_zones(9)
• suspend_index(9)
• resume_index(9)
• vdo_resume_hash_zones(9)
• get_hash_zone_statistics(9)
• vdo_get_dedupe_statistics(9)
• vdo_select_hash_zone(9)
• dump_hash_lock(9)
• dump_hash_zone(9)
• vdo_dump_hash_zones(9)
• acquire_context(9)

with all the love and zero skipped refs, this page comes from the source/version ./drivers/md/dm-vdo, dated October 2026. stay iconic, bestie 💖✨🌈