start_operation(9)

💖 start_operation(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 💖

okay so this is a page about start_operation, and it lives in the start_operation(9) section of the Kernel API Manual, bestie. it's a kernel function, it's lowkey iconic, and we're gonna get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

start_operation — start an operation if it may be started given the current state. that "if" is doing so much work, fr fr 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool start_operation (struct admin_state *state , const struct
                      admin_state_code *operation , struct vdo_completion *waiter ,
                      vdo_admin_initiator_fn initiator );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• state — the current admin state, like, the whole vibe check of where things are at rn.
• operation — the operation you're trying to get started. yes that one.
• waiter — a completion to notify when the operation is complete; it may be NULL (no pressure, it's optional 💅).
• initiator — the vdo_admin_initiator_fn to call if the operation may begin; it may be NULL too. we love a flexible parameter.

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💀 RETURN 💀

true if the operation was started. that's it, that's the tea 🍓

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

so much lore to explore, and honestly? obsessed:

• Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/admin-state.c
• get_next_state(9)
• vdo_finish_operation(9)
• begin_operation(9)
• check_code(9)
• assert_vdo_drain_operation(9)
• vdo_start_draining(9)
• vdo_finish_draining(9)
• vdo_finish_draining_with_result(9)
• vdo_assert_load_operation(9)
• vdo_start_loading(9)
• vdo_finish_loading(9)
• vdo_finish_loading_with_result(9)
• assert_vdo_resume_operation(9)
• vdo_start_resuming(9)
• vdo_finish_resuming(9)
• vdo_finish_resuming_with_result(9)
• vdo_resume_if_quiescent(9)
• vdo_start_operation(9)
• vdo_start_operation_with_waiter(9)

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okay that's the whole page, no cap 💜 this gem came out of ./drivers/md/dm-vdo and it's dated October 2026, so go forth and start operations responsibly, main character 🌈⭐