copy_fsxattr_to_user(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 copy_fsxattr_to_user(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so picture this: it's a Kernel API Manual page, the star of the show is copy_fsxattr_to_user, and she's here to take an fsxattr and hand it over to userspace. that's it, that's the whole gig. slay.

✨ NAME ✨

copy_fsxattr_to_user — copy fsxattr to userspace. literally what it says on the tin, no cap 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int copy_fsxattr_to_user (const struct file_kattr *fa , struct fsxattr
__user *ufa );

she takes two things and returns an int. simple. iconic. periodt. ✨

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • fa — fileattr pointer 🫶 like, this is the source, the moment, the main character.
  • ufa — fsxattr user pointer 💫 the destination, the user-side bestie receiving the goods.

👑 RETURN 👑

  • 0 on success 🎉 (we love a win)
  • -EFAULT on failure 😭 (it happens, don't take it personally)

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./fs/file_attr.c, plus the whole friend group:

ngl bestie, this one's short and sweet — know your pointer types, check your return value, and you're golden. 💅

🌈 that's the whole page! brought to you by ./fs and dated October 2026 — mwah, go touch some file attributes, ily 🫶💜

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