d_real_inode(9)

💅 d_real_inode — a Kernel API Manual moment 💅

okay bestie, buckle up, we're doing a <pink>Kernel API Manual</pink> deep dive and honestly this one is short and sweet, we love a low-effort icon ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

d_real_inode — literally just returns the <purple>real inode</purple> that's actually hosting your data, no cap 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct inode * d_real_inode (const struct dentry *dentry );

like that's the whole signature, she's compact, she's giving main character energy 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dentry — the <cyan>dentry</cyan> you're querying, bestie. that's the one. that's who you're asking about 🌸

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so here's the vibe check 👑: if your dentry is chillin' on a union/overlay, then she gives you the <mint>underlying, real inode</mint> — the one actually holding the data, iykyk 🧚

otherwise? she just hands you back d_inode. simple as that. no drama, no plot twist, periodt 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./include/linux/dcache.h 📁 — the whole squad lives here:
  • dget_dlock(9)
  • dget(9)
  • d_unhashed(9)
  • d_really_is_negative(9)
  • d_really_is_positive(9)
  • d_inode(9)
  • d_inode_rcu(9)
  • d_backing_inode(9)
  • d_real(9)

(go read them, they're all iconic in their own way, obsessed honestly 💖)

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okay that's the page!! this came from ./include/linux and it's dated October 2026 — mwah, sending you a forehead kiss, go forth and query your dentries responsibly 💜🎀⭐