configfs_remove_dir(9)

💅 configfs_remove_dir — the configfs_remove_dir(9) glow-up

ok so real talk, this one lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's genuinely such a little workhorse, bestie. Let's get into it 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

configfs_remove_dir — literally just: it removes a config_item's directory. That's the whole vibe. 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void configfs_remove_dir (struct dentry *d );

no cap, that's the entire signature. one (1) parameter, zero return value, it's giving "quietly does the job and leaves" 😌

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• d — the dentry we're removing. that's it, that's the girl. she's the directory getting yeeted 👋

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so the thing that makes this one a little special is the order of operations — we remove any files in the directory before we remove the directory itself. files first, directory second, always. ✨

and lowkey there's some archaeology here: what used to be configfs_rmdir has been inlined below instead of being called separately. so like, it's all one function now — no extra little function call hopping around, she's self-contained 💅

🫶 heads up, fr fr: the caller holds the mutex of the item's inode. that's your job, not hers. don't come for this function without the mutex locked, iykyk 🔥

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• Kernel file ./fs/configfs/dir.c — that's where the magic happens, go read it 👑
• configfs_create_dir(9) — the making-her one
• configfs_register_group(9)
• configfs_unregister_group(9)
• configfs_register_default_group(9)
• configfs_unregister_default_group(9)

all the configfs besties, all in one group chat 🌈

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🍓 sign-off 🍓

this icon was brought to you by ./fs/configfs, dated October 2026, and she's featured in the Kernel API Manual. stay hydrated, lock your mutexes, and remember: files before directories, always 💖💅✨🦋