vdo_attempt_packing(9)

okay so this is vdo_attempt_packing(9) from the Kernel API Manual ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

vdo_attempt_packing — attempt to rewrite the data in this data_vio as part of a compressed block. that's the whole vibe, bestie

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

the signature, untouched because code is sacred:

void vdo_attempt_packing (struct data_vio *data_vio );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• data_vio — the data_vio to pack. yes it's literally in the name, we love a clear assignment

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

the full backstage crew and the kernel file they live in:

• Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/packer.c
• vdo_get_compressed_block_fragment(9)
• assert_on_packer_thread(9)
• insert_in_sorted_list(9)
• make_bin(9)
• vdo_make_packer(9)
• vdo_free_packer(9)
• get_packer_from_data_vio(9)
• vdo_get_packer_statistics(9)
• abort_packing(9)
• release_compressed_write_waiter(9)
• finish_compressed_write(9)
• add_to_bin(9)
• remove_from_bin(9)
• initialize_compressed_block(9)
• pack_fragment(9)
• compressed_write_end_io(9)
• write_bin(9)
• add_data_vio_to_packer_bin(9)
• select_bin(9)
• check_for_drain_complete(9)
• write_all_non_empty_bins(9)
• vdo_flush_packer(9)
• vdo_remove_lock_holder_from_packer(9)
• vdo_increment_packer_flush_generation(9)
• vdo_drain_packer(9)
• vdo_resume_packer(9)
• vdo_dump_packer(9)

made with love from ./drivers/md/dm-vdo · October 2026 · vdo_attempt_packing(9) bye bestie 🫶