vdo_update_slab_depot_size(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 vdo_update_slab_depot_size — Kernel API Manual

okay so bestie, welcome to vdo_update_slab_depot_size(9) 🎀 this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual and it is short, which honestly? iconic. lowkey a lil snack of a manpage. let's get into it ✨

✨ NAME ✨

vdo_update_slab_depot_size — updates the slab depot so it reflects its new size in memory, and that's the whole vibe 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void vdo_update_slab_depot_size (struct slab_depot *depot );

that's it. that's the function. no cap 💀

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • depot — the depot you're updating, bestie. that's the one. the main character of this whole operation 👑

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the tea ☕ this size gets saved to disk as part of the super block. like, it's not just vibing in RAM forever — it gets recorded. fr fr, that's the entire description and honestly she said what she said 💅

ngl there is not a lot here, so don't go reading extra behaviour into it. what the page says is what you get 🌈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay so this is the part where the manpage absolutely ate. the related-pages list is giving full cast list of a three-hour movie 🎬 and every single one of them is a (9). first up, the kernel file they all live in:

Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/slab-depot.c

then, in order, the whole crew 🫶

like, that's the whole friend group and every one of them showed up 💀💖

and that's the page, bestie ✨ go forth and update that depot 🌟

this lil beauty lives in ./drivers/md/dm-vdo, dropped October 2026, and yes the page is literally called vdo_update_slab_depot_size(9) — mwah, take care, iykyk 💅🎀

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