alloc_file(9)

✨ alloc_file(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for alloc_file, and it is literally the moment a shiny new struct file gets born. 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

alloc_file — allocate and initialize a 'struct file'

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct file * alloc_file (const struct path *path , int flags , const
       struct file_operations *fop );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• path — the (dentry, vfsmount) pair for the new file 🦋 (yes, both of them, it's a whole duo, main character energy)
• flags — the O_... flags with which the new file will be opened 🔥
• fop — the 'struct file_operations' for the new file ⭐

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./fs/file_table.c
• file_init_path(9)

no cap, that's the whole page — go forth and allocate responsibly, iykyk 🧚💜

signed off from the ./fs corner of the kernel, October 2026 edition of alloc_file(9) 🫶