vdo_advance_journal_point(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

Okay bestie, this is vdo_advance_journal_point(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it does exactly one iconic thing: move the given journal point forward by one entry. That’s the vibe. One point, one entry, forward. No cap. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void vdo_advance_journal_point (struct journal_point *point ,
       journal_entry_count_t entries_per_block );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• point — the journal point you’re adjusting, bestie. This is the one getting moved.
• entries_per_block — the number of entries in one full block. That’s the count, periodt. 💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Okay these are the related pages and the file, all here so you can scroll and slay:

• Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/encodings.h — Block map entries(9)
• vdo_are_same_version(9)
• vdo_pack_version_number(9)
• vdo_unpack_version_number(9)
• vdo_pack_header(9)
• vdo_unpack_header(9)
• vdo_get_index_region_start(9)
• vdo_get_data_region_start(9)
• vdo_get_index_region_size(9)
• vdo_pack_recovery_journal_entry(9)
• vdo_unpack_recovery_journal_entry(9)
• vdo_is_valid_recovery_journal_sector(9)
• vdo_compute_recovery_journal_block_number(9)
• vdo_get_journal_block_sector(9)
• vdo_pack_recovery_block_header(9)
• vdo_unpack_recovery_block_header(9)
• vdo_compute_slab_count(9)
• vdo_get_saved_reference_count_size(9)
• vdo_get_slab_journal_start_block(9)
• vdo_before_journal_point(9)
• vdo_pack_journal_point(9)
• vdo_unpack_journal_point(9)
• vdo_pack_slab_journal_block_header(9)
• vdo_unpack_slab_journal_block_header(9)
• vdo_pack_slab_journal_entry(9)
• vdo_unpack_slab_journal_entry(9)
• vdo_get_slab_summary_hint_shift(9)

That’s the whole page, bestie. This lil manual is from the Kernel API Manual, source/version ./drivers/md/dm-vdo, dated October 2026, and it’s literally vdo_advance_journal_point(9). Stay slay, keep it moving forward by one entry. 💅✨🫶