was_new(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to was_new(9) from the Kernel API Manual ✨. This one is literally a whole little vibe check: Check whether the vdo was new when it was loaded. no cap, that’s the mission 🫶.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool was_new (const struct vdo *vdo );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• vdo — the vdo you want to query, bestie. This is the main character we’re checking on 💅.

🎀 RETURN 🎀

It returns true if the vdo was new — periodt ✅. That’s the whole answer, no extra lore.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/dm-vdo-target.c is right here too, and these iconic functions are all in the group chat 👑:

• free_device_config(9)
• get_version_number(9)
• parse_bool(9)
• parse_memory(9)
• parse_slab_size(9)
• process_one_thread_config_spec(9)
• parse_one_thread_config_spec(9)
• parse_thread_config_string(9)
• process_one_key_value_pair(9)
• parse_one_key_value_pair(9)
• parse_key_value_pairs(9)
• parse_optional_arguments(9)
• handle_parse_error(9)
• parse_device_config(9)
• get_thread_id_for_phase(9)
• advance_phase(9)
• finish_operation_callback(9)
• decode_from_super_block(9)
• decode_vdo(9)
• pre_load_callback(9)
• get_bit_array_size(9)
• grow_bit_array(9)
• allocate_instance(9)
• check_may_grow_physical(9)
• grow_layout(9)
• validate_new_device_config(9)
• write_super_block_for_suspend(9)
• suspend_callback(9)
• requires_repair(9)
• get_load_type(9)
• load_callback(9)
• handle_load_error(9)
• write_super_block_for_resume(9)
• resume_callback(9)
• grow_logical_callback(9)
• handle_logical_growth_error(9)
• perform_grow_logical(9)
• copy_partition(9)
• grow_physical_callback(9)
• handle_physical_growth_error(9)
• perform_grow_physical(9)
• apply_new_vdo_configuration(9)

and that’s the page, bestie 🦋💖 — it comes from ./drivers/md/dm-vdo and is dated October 2026. byeee, go query that vdo 💅✨