compat_only_...ntry_to_kobj(9)

💅 compat_only_...ntry_to_kobj(9) 💅

okay bestie, you're in the Kernel API Manual ✨ and this page's full actual name is compat_only_sysfs_link_entry_to_kobj — the header just squishes it into compat_only_...ntry_to_kobj(9), iykyk. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

compat_only_sysfs_link_entry_to_kobj — this one adds a symlink to a kobject that points to a group or an attribute. that's the whole assignment, no cap. 💫

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int compat_only_sysfs_link_entry_to_kobj (struct kobject *kobj , struct
       kobject *target_kobj , const char *target_name , const char
       *symlink_name );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• kobj — the kobject containing the group. 🫶
• target_kobj — the target kobject. 🎯
• target_name — the name of the target group or attribute. 🏷️
• symlink_name — the name of the symlink file. and listen: if symlink_name is NULL, then target_name will be considered. 🙈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./fs/sysfs/group.c — that's the spot to peek at, bestie. 🗂️

the related sysfs crew is literally: sysfs_create_group(9), sysfs_create_groups(9), sysfs_update_groups(9), sysfs_update_group(9), sysfs_remove_group(9), sysfs_remove_groups(9), sysfs_merge_group(9), sysfs_unmerge_group(9), sysfs_add_link_to_group(9), sysfs_remove_link_from_group(9), sysfs_group_change_owner(9), sysfs_groups_change_owner(9). ✨

that's the page, bestie 💖 — source/version is ./fs/sysfs, and the date on this one is October 2026. mwah 💋