ecryptfs_spawn_daemon(9)

ecryptfs_spawn_daemon(9) 🌈

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for ecryptfs_spawn_daemon(9) — and yes, this one is literally about creating and initializing a new daemon struct. slay 💅

✨ NAME ✨

ecryptfs_spawn_daemon — Create and initialize a new daemon struct 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ecryptfs_spawn_daemon (struct ecryptfs_daemon **daemon , struct file
*file );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• daemon — Pointer to set to newly allocated daemon struct ✨
• file — File used when opening /dev/ecryptfs 💖

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

okay so here's the vibe check: this must be called ceremoniously while you're in possession of ecryptfs_sacred_daemon_hash_mux. no cap, that part is not optional 🫶

⚠️ bestie, read that again: ceremoniously and while in possession of ecryptfs_sacred_daemon_hash_mux — it's giving important lock energy 🔥

It returns zero on success; non-zero otherwise. periodt 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file: ./fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c 🧚

• ecryptfs_acquire_free_msg_ctx(9)
• ecryptfs_msg_ctx_free_to_alloc(9)
• ecryptfs_msg_ctx_alloc_to_free(9)
• ecryptfs_find_daemon_by_euid(9)
• ecryptfs_process_response(9)
• ecryptfs_send_message_locked(9)
• ecryptfs_send_message(9)
• ecryptfs_wait_for_response(9)

💖 signed off by ./fs/ecryptfs, dated October 2026, for ecryptfs_spawn_daemon(9) — bye bestie, go read those SEE ALSOs 🫶🎀