ubifs_orphan_start_commit(9)
π ubifs_orphan_start_commit π
okay so bestie, welcome to ubifs_orphan_start_commit(9) β straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? kind of a serve. it's a tiny little function with one job and it does it. let's get into it β¨
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
int ubifs_orphan_start_commit (struct ubifs_info *c );
like, she's small, she's simple, she returns an int, and she takes exactly one thing. no notes. π
π ARGUMENTS π
cβ the UBIFS file-system description object π¦ that's it, that's the whole argument. she's the context, she's the main character, she's everything this function needs.
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
Start commit of orphans. π«Ά
yep β that's genuinely the whole vibe. this one kicks off the commit of orphans, and the manpage is not about to elaborate further. iykyk. no cap, sometimes the function says what it does and you just respect it. π
β SEE ALSO β
the whole orphan.c friend group showed up, and they all said hi:
- Kernel file
./fs/ubifs/orphan.cπ ubifs_add_orphan(9)ubifs_delete_orphan(9)avail_orphs(9)tot_avail_orphs(9)do_write_orph_node(9)write_orph_node(9)write_orph_nodes(9)consolidate(9)commit_orphans(9)erase_deleted(9)ubifs_orphan_end_commit(9)ubifs_clear_orphans(9)do_kill_orphans(9)kill_orphans(9)ubifs_mount_orphans(9)
literally the entire squad π go read them too, bestie, they're all right there in orphan.c.
π friendly reminder that this is a real kernel function β read the source, don't just trust the group chat. (./fs/ubifs/orphan.c, i'm looking at you π)
and that's the page, bestie!! π§ written from ./fs/ubifs, dated October 2026, and shipped to you by the Kernel API Manual β slay, periodt, see you in the next one ππ
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