dir_split_leaf(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to dir_split_leaf(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this iconic little function is here to split a leaf block into two. no cap, that’s the whole name vibe 🎀✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int dir_split_leaf (struct inode *inode , const struct qstr *name );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• inode — the directory inode that’s getting split, bestie 💅
• name — the name of the dirent we’re trying to insert 🦋

🌸 RETURN 🌸

0 on success, error code on failure. periodt 💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the Kernel file ./fs/gfs2/dir.c, plus these absolute icons:

• gfs2_dir_write_data(9)
• gfs2_dir_read_data(9)
• gfs2_dir_get_hash_table(9)
• gfs2_dir_hash_inval(9)
• dirent_next(9)
• dirent_del(9)
• get_leaf_nr(9)
• dir_make_exhash(9)
• dir_double_exhash(9)
• compare_dents(9)
• do_filldir_main(9)
• gfs2_dir_readahead(9)
• dir_e_read(9)
• gfs2_dir_search(9)
• dir_new_leaf(9)
• gfs2_dir_add(9)
• gfs2_dir_del(9)
• gfs2_dir_mvino(9)
• leaf_dealloc(9)
• gfs2_dir_exhash_dealloc(9)
• gfs2_diradd_alloc_required(9)

mwah 💋 this page lives under source/version ./fs/gfs2 and is dated October 2026 — slay, bye bestie 🫶🌈