vdo_free_packer(9)

✨ vdo_free_packer ✨

okay bestie, buckle up, because this is vdo_free_packer(9) from the Kernel API Manual and honestly it's giving "short but iconic" 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

vdo_free_packer — literally just frees a block packer. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void vdo_free_packer (struct packer *packer );

no cap, that's the entire signature. void return, so nothing comes back — it's a one-way trip, bestie 🫶

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• packer — the packer you want to free. yes queen, hand over the packer and let it go 🕊️

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

like, if you're the kind of girl who reads the whole source tree (and you should be, iykyk), start here:

• 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)
• 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)
• vdo_dump_packer(9)

and that's the whole page, bestie — short, sweet, and it ate 💅✨

signing off with the tea: this one lives in ./drivers/md/dm-vdo and it's stamped October 2026, so like… mark your calendar, mwah 💖🦋🎀