__gfs2_xattr_set(9)

🌸 __gfs2_xattr_set(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🌸

okay bestie, so this is a kernel API manual page, and the star of the show is __gfs2_xattr_set(9) — it's giving “set a GFS2 extended attribute, or remove one” energy, and we're gonna walk through it together, no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

__gfs2_xattr_set — Set (or remove) a GFS2 extended attribute

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int __gfs2_xattr_set (struct inode *inode , const char *name , const
       void *value , size_t size , int flags , int type );

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💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• inode — the inode, literally the main character here 🫶
• name — the name of the extended attribute
• value — the value of the extended attribute (NULL for remove — yes, that's the removal signal, periodt)
• size — the size of the value argument
• flags — Create or Replace
• type — the type of the extended attribute

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so if you're wondering about taking xattrs away, the removal deets live over in gfs2_xattr_remove — go read that one for the full tea ☕✨

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💖 RETURN 💖

0 or errno on failure — that's it, that's the vibe check 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./fs/gfs2/xattr.c
• gfs2_listxattr(9)
• gfs2_iter_unstuffed(9)
• __gfs2_xattr_get(9)
• ea_alloc_blk(9)
• ea_write(9)
• gfs2_xattr_remove(9)
• gfs2_ea_dealloc(9)

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lowkey obsessed with how many friends this one has in SEE ALSO — it's a whole group chat 💀💖

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kk that's the whole page, bestie — this lil manual lives in ./fs/gfs2, dated October 2026, and it's from the Kernel API Manual, all about __gfs2_xattr_set(9) 🎀✨🦋