ceph_new_inode(9)

💅 ceph_new_inode(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a kernel-page girlie and she's here to help you allocate an inode before you actually need it. no cap, it's giving preemptive-queen energy 👑

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ceph_new_inode — allocate a new inode in advance of an expected create 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct inode * ceph_new_inode (struct inode *dir , struct dentry *dentry
, umode_t *mode , struct ceph_acl_sec_ctx *as_ctx );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dir — the parent directory for the new inode, like the mom friend of the group 💖
• dentry — the dentry that may eventually point to the new inode (it's not committed yet, it's just vibing 🙈)
• mode — the mode of the new inode, iykyk 🔥
• as_ctx — pointer to the inherited security context 🛡️

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so the whole lore here: you allocate a new inode in advance of an operation that's gonna create a new inode. literally reserving your seat at the lunch table before you get there 🍓

this call allocates the inode and sets up the acl_sec_ctx with the appropriate info for the new inode. two-for-one slay 💅

returns a pointer to the new inode, or an ERR_PTR. periodt. ⭐

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• Kernel file ./fs/ceph/inode.c
• ceph_get_inode(9)

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💀 reminder bestie: if it comes back as an ERR_PTR, that's your cue to do the pointer-error check. don't dereference it, i'm begging 😭

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and that's the tea, bestie 🫶 this icon is from ./fs/ceph, dated October 2026, and she answers to the name ceph_new_inode(9) 👑✨ go forth and allocate responsibly 🧚‍♀️💜