debugfs_lookup_and_remove(9)

✨ debugfs_lookup_and_remove ✨

Okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally about the function debugfs_lookup_and_remove(9) — the way that name is a whole mouthful, but don't stress, we're gonna get through it together 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

debugfs_lookup_and_remove — look up a directory or file and then recursively remove it, no cap ✨

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🛠️ SYNOPSIS 🛠️

void debugfs_lookup_and_remove (const char *name , struct dentry *parent );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• name — so this is a pointer to a string that's holding the name of the item you wanna look up. Like, it's literally the name tag of the thing you're hunting for 🏷️
• parent — and this is a pointer to the parent dentry of the item. The main character parent, if you will 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so here's the vibe: this function is the equivalent of doing something like

debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(..))

but — and this is the important part — it handles the proper reference counting for the directory being looked up. Like it's not just out here doing the most without cleaning up after itself, you know? It's giving responsible icon behavior 💖

(also yes, the original spells it "equlivant" and we're keeping that energy, it's iconic, don't @ me 😭)

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

If you're obsessed with this function (and honestly same), you're gonna wanna check out these other kernel file faves from ./fs/debugfs/inode.c:

• debugfs_lookup(9)
• debugfs_create_file_unsafe(9)
• debugfs_create_file_size(9)
• debugfs_create_dir(9)
• debugfs_create_automount(9)
• debugfs_create_symlink(9)
• debugfs_remove(9)
• debugfs_change_name(9)
• debugfs_initialized(9)

Go off, read them all, collect them like Pokémon fr fr 🫶

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✨ and that's the whole page bestie — brought to you by the slay queens over at ./fs/debugfs, dated October 2026. Stay iconic, keep your reference counts clean, and remember: look up, remove responsibly, and always slay 💜✨