dump_inode(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

• dump_inode — dump an inode.

okay so this is the dump_inode(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it is literally here to dump an inode. lowkey iconic, no cap 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here’s the whole vibe, character-for-character:

void dump_inode (struct inode *inode , const char *reason );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• inode — inode to dump.
• reason — reason for dumping.

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

if inode is an invalid pointer, we are not about to crash by accessing it, bestie — absolutely not. so everything depending on it gets probed carefully with get_kernel_nofault. that’s the whole safety-first main character move 💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

also in the SEE ALSO mix: Kernel file ./fs/inode.c, plus these linked faves:

• inode_init_always_gfp(9)
• alloc_inode(9)
• drop_nlink(9)
• clear_nlink(9)
• set_nlink(9)
• inc_nlink(9)
• inode_sb_list_add(9)
• __insert_inode_hash(9)
• __remove_inode_hash(9)
• evict_inodes(9)
• new_inode(9)
• unlock_new_inode(9)
• lock_two_nondirectories(9)
• unlock_two_nondirectories(9)
• inode_insert5(9)
• iget5_locked(9)
• iget5_locked_rcu(9)
• iget_locked(9)
• iunique(9)
• ihold(9)
• ilookup5_nowait(9)
• ilookup5(9)
• ilookup(9)
• find_inode_nowait(9)
• find_inode_rcu(9)
• find_inode_by_ino_rcu(9)
• iput(9)
• iput_not_last(9)
• bmap(9)
• inode_update_time(9)
• generic_update_time(9)
• atime_needs_update(9)
• file_remove_privs(9)
• current_time(9)
• file_update_time(9)
• file_modified_flags(9)
• file_modified(9)
• kiocb_modified(9)
• inode_init_owner(9)
• inode_owner_or_capable(9)
• inode_dio_wait(9)
• timestamp_truncate(9)
• inode_set_ctime_current(9)
• inode_set_ctime_deleg(9)
• in_group_or_capable(9)
• mode_strip_sgid(9)

source/version: ./fs • date: October 2026 • page: dump_inode(9) — mwah 💋 bye bestie 🫶✨