vdo_waiter_is_waiting(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ vdo_waiter_is_waiting(9) ✨

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — it's vdo_waiter_is_waiting, and honestly? the name is giving exactly what it is 💅. no plot twists, no lore, just a tiny little guy that tells you if a waiter is, like, actually waiting. periodt.

🌸 NAME 🌸

vdo_waiter_is_waiting — check whether a waiter is waiting. that's it. that's the whole job 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool vdo_waiter_is_waiting (struct vdo_waiter *waiter );

literally just hand it a waiter and it hands you back a bool. iconic behavior, no notes ✨

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • waiter — the waiter to check. yes bestie, this exact one, the one you're pointing at 🫶

⭐ RETURN ⭐

returns true if the waiter is on some vdo_wait_queue. that's the vibe check 💅 — if it's queued up somewhere, you get true.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/wait-queue.h plus its little friend group:

go read those too, iykyk 👑

ngl bestie this one's short and sweet — no options, no env vars, no signals, no exit statuses, no bugs listed, no warnings. just a vibe check for waiters. don't go looking for drama that isn't there 🙈

and that's the whole page! brought to you from ./drivers/md/dm-vdo, dated October 2026 — yes, the future, we stay ahead over here 🧚💜 slay, bye! 🌈

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