vdo_get_compressing(9)

💅 vdo_get_compressing(9) — Kernel API Manual 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9. This is the page for vdo_get_compressing, and it is short, sweet, and lowkey iconic.

🌸 NAME 🌸

vdo_get_compressing — get whether compression is enabled in a vdo. periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool vdo_get_compressing (struct vdo *vdo );

that is the signature. the whole thing. it ate, no notes. 💅

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• vdo — the vdo. literally the vdo in question, main character energy and all. 🫶

🎀 RETURN 🎀

State of compression. that is what you get back. simple, clean, return vibe check passed. ✨

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

the way that this SEE ALSO list is basically the whole extended vdo cinematic universe, fr fr:

• Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/vdo.c Introduction(9)
• vdo_initialize_device_registry_once(9)
• filter_vdos_locked(9)
• vdo_find_matching(9)
• initialize_thread_config(9)
• get_thread_name(9)
• vdo_make_thread(9)
• register_vdo(9)
• vdo_format(9)
• initialize_vdo(9)
• vdo_make(9)
• free_listeners(9)
• unregister_vdo(9)
• vdo_destroy(9)
• finish_reading_super_block(9)
• handle_super_block_read_error(9)
• vdo_load_super_block(9)
• vdo_get_backing_device(9)
• vdo_get_device_name(9)
• vdo_synchronous_flush(9)
• vdo_get_state(9)
• vdo_set_state(9)
• vdo_get_admin_state(9)
• record_vdo(9)
• continue_parent(9)
• handle_geometry_block_save_error(9)
• vdo_save_geometry_block(9)
• handle_super_block_save_error(9)
• vdo_save_super_block(9)
• vdo_save_components(9)
• vdo_register_read_only_listener(9)
• notify_vdo_of_read_only_mode(9)
• vdo_enable_read_only_entry(9)
• vdo_wait_until_not_entering_read_only_mode(9)
• as_notifier(9)
• finish_entering_read_only_mode(9)
• make_thread_read_only(9)
• vdo_allow_read_only_mode_entry(9)
• vdo_enter_read_only_mode(9)
• vdo_is_read_only(9)
• vdo_in_read_only_mode(9)
• vdo_in_recovery_mode(9)
• vdo_enter_recovery_mode(9)
• complete_synchronous_action(9)
• perform_synchronous_action(9)
• set_compression_callback(9)
• vdo_set_compressing(9)
• vdo_get_physical_blocks_allocated(9)
• vdo_get_physical_blocks_overhead(9)
• get_vdo_statistics(9)
• vdo_fetch_statistics_callback(9)
• vdo_fetch_statistics(9)
• vdo_get_callback_thread_id(9)
• vdo_dump_status(9)
• vdo_assert_on_admin_thread(9)
• vdo_assert_on_logical_zone_thread(9)
• vdo_assert_on_physical_zone_thread(9)
• vdo_get_physical_zone(9)

okay that is the whole page, bestie. source/version: ./drivers/md/dm-vdo · date: October 2026 · page: vdo_get_compressing(9) — mwah 💋✨