vdo_dump_packer(9)

💅 vdo_dump_packer(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition

okay so this is vdo_dump_packer from vdo_dump_packer(9), and yes it's exactly as chaotic-little-helper as the name sounds 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

vdo_dump_packer — literally just dump the packer. that's the whole vibe. 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void vdo_dump_packer (const struct packer *packer );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• packer — the packer. that's it. that's the argument. she's the main character and she's the only one here 💅

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🧚 CONTEXT 🧚

ok so important: the dumps happen in a thread-unsafe fashion. no cap. she is not doing any locking for you, so don't come for her when things get weird 😭

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

bestie there is SO much lore here, buckle up:

• 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)
• vdo_attempt_packing(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)

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and that's the whole page, bestie, you ate that 🫶 this lil number lives over in ./drivers/md/dm-vdo, it's dated October 2026, and it's filed under vdo_dump_packer(9) — iconic, no notes 💜⭐