vdo_start_o..._with_waiter(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 vdo_start_o..._with_waiter(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual one 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the group chat ✨ this is <pink>vdo_start_o..._with_waiter</pink> from the Kernel API Manual, and it's lowkey one of those tiny functions that does exactly one thing and does it iconically. no cap 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

vdo_start_operation_with_waiter — attempt to start an operation 💅 that's it. that's the whole vibe.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int vdo_start_operation_with_waiter (struct admin_state *state , const
struct admin_state_code *operation , struct vdo_completion *waiter ,
vdo_admin_initiator_fn initiator );

like, four things go in, one int comes out 🎀 slay.

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • state — the current admin state, fr fr. this is where we're at right now.
  • operation — the operation we're trying to start. the main character of the whole call, honestly 👑
  • waiter — the completion to notify when the operation completes or when it fails to start. it may be NULL — she's optional, she's flexible, she contains multitudes 🙈
  • initiator — the vdo_admin_initiator_fn to call if the operation may begin. may be NULL too, we love a low-maintenance parameter 💜

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • VDO_SUCCESS — the operation was started 🎉 ate, no crumbs
  • VDO_INVALID_ADMIN_STATE — nope, it was not 😭 the state said no

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

so here's the whole friend group, and yes they're all (9) and yes they all live in the kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/admin-state.c 💖

like, read the whole squad or don't read any of them 🫶 iykyk

aaaand that's the page!! mwah 💋 this one shipped out of ./drivers/md/dm-vdo back in October 2026 — go drink some water and go read admin-state.c, bestie 🍓🧚‍♀️ periodt.

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