ceph_encode_dentry_release(9)

💖 ceph_encode_dentry_release(9) — Kernel API Manual

okay so bestie, this page is ceph_encode_dentry_release(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about encoding a dentry release into an outgoing request. stay with me, it's actually not scary 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ceph_encode_dentry_release — encode a dentry release into an outgoing request

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ceph_encode_dentry_release (void **p , struct dentry *dentry ,
       struct inode *dir , int mds , int drop , int unless );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• p — the outgoing request buffer, aka where the encoded stuff goes 💌
• dentry — the dentry to release
• dir — the dir to release it from
• mds — the mds that we're speaking to
• drop — the caps being dropped
• unless — unless we have these caps

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so this function encodes a dentry release into an outgoing request buffer. that's the whole mission. it returns 1 if the thing was released, or a negative error code otherwise. no cap, that's literally it 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./fs/ceph/caps.c
• change_auth_cap_ses(9)

mwah 💋 that's the whole page — source/version ./fs/ceph, dated October 2026, and it's giving ceph_encode_dentry_release(9) energy 🧚‍♀️✨