cifsFileInfo_put(9)

✨ cifsFileInfo_put(9) ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's lowkey short but like... important? it's the cleanup girlie. the one who lets go. 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

cifsFileInfo_put — release a reference of file priv data

like, you're done with your lil reference, so you hand it back. no hoarding bestie 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void cifsFileInfo_put (struct cifsFileInfo *cifs_file );

that's the whole signature, verbatim, don't @ me 🎀

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• cifs_file — cifs/smb3 specific info (eg refcounts) for an open file

so basically it's the per-open-file struct holding all the cifs/smb3 flavoured details — refcounts and that whole situation — for a file that's currently open. main character struct energy fr fr 👑

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Always potentially wait for oplock handler. See _cifsFileInfo_put.

that's it. that's the description. and the "Always" is doing a LOT of heavy lifting there — potentially waiting is baked into this one, unlike its underscore bestie _cifsFileInfo_put. so like, don't be surprised if it hangs out waiting on an oplock handler for a sec. it's not being flaky, it's being thorough. ✨

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• Kernel file ./fs/smb/client/file.c
• _cifsFileInfo_put(9)

go read the source, iykyk 💀 the real lore is in ./fs/smb/client/file.c, and the underscore twin _cifsFileInfo_put(9) is right there if you want the version that doesn't do the always-potentially-wait thing.

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and that's the whole page!! short and iconic, just like some of the best manpages honestly 🌈

sign-off time: this lil gem lives under ./fs/smb/client, dated October 2026 — so yes, it's from the future, slay 💜🌸✨