vdo_set_state(9)

💖 NAME 💖 — vdo_set_state(9) from the Kernel API Manual

vdo_set_state — Set the current state of the vdo.

okay bestie, this is the function that sets the current state of the vdo. That’s the whole assignment. No secret side quest, just state-setting realness. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void vdo_set_state (struct vdo *vdo , enum vdo_state state );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vdo — the vdo whose state is to be set. 🫶
• state — the new state of the vdo. 💅

🦋 CONTEXT 🦋

Good news, bestie: this method may be called from any thread. Literally any thread can pull up. 🌈

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/vdo.c — plus 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_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_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)

xoxo, bestie 💋 — this page comes from ./drivers/md/dm-vdo, October 2026 edition, and yes, it’s vdo_set_state(9). Now go set those states and slay. 🎀✨