close_cached_dir(9)

🎀 close_cached_dir(9) — drop a reference of a cached dir 🎀

Okay so bestie, this is a Kernel API Manual page for close_cached_dir(9), and it’s literally about dropping a reference of a cached dir. Slay. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

close_cached_dir — drop a reference of a cached dir 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void close_cached_dir (struct cached_fid *cfid );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• cfid — cached dir 🎀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So here’s the vibe: the release function is gonna be called with cfid_list_lock held, and that’s what removes the cached dirs from the list before any other thread can take another cfid ref. 👑

⚠️ Important, no cap: this must not be called with cfid_list_lock held. If you’re already holding it, use close_cached_dir_locked called instead. Periodt. 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c 📁
• close_cached_dir_locked(9) 🫶

Signed off from the ./fs/smb/client source/version, dated October 2026 — this was close_cached_dir(9), mwah 💋🌈