xor_force(9)

💅 xor_force(9)

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual bestie, and it's literally about xor_force — yes the whole man page is named after the function, we love a title drop ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

xor_force — force use of a XOR template

like, we're not asking the kernel nicely, we're telling it 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void xor_force (struct xor_block_template *tmpl );

no cap, that's the whole signature. one argument, zero chill 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• tmpl — the template to register. this is your main character right here 👑

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so what it does is: register a XOR implementation with the core and force using it. that's the whole vibe — register it, then make the core actually use it, no debate 🔥

and the forcing part is the dramatic bit: forcing an implementation will make the core ignore any template registered using xor_register, or any previous implementation forced using xor_force 💀

like bestie, this isn't a suggestion. once you force something, the core literally stops looking at xor_register templates and stops caring about whatever was forced before. previous pick? didn't happen. previous force? over. iconic behaviour honestly 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./lib/raid/xor/xor-core.c
• xor_gen(9)
• xor_register(9)

go read xor_register(9) if you wanna see the template that gets ignored once you call this one. iykyk 🧚

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and that's the page!! tysm for reading, this one came from ./lib/raid/xor and it's dated October 2026, and it's still out here living as xor_force(9) — periodt 💖✨🍓