end_removing(9)

end_removing(9) 🎀💖

okay bestie, this one is from the Kernel API Manual, and it is literally the cleanup bestie for start_removing. no cap. 🧚✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

end_removing — finish action started with start_removing 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void end_removing (struct dentry *child );

🔥 ARGUMENTS 🔥

• child — the dentry returned by start_removing 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Unlock and release the child. periodt. 🔓💖

This is identical to end_dirop. lowkey iconic. It can be passed the result of start_removing whether that was successful or not, but it is not needed if start_removing failed. 😭👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./include/linux/namei.h: mode_strip_umask(9), retry_estale(9) ⭐💜

source/version: ./include/linux • date: October 2026 • page: end_removing(9) — bye bestie, go slay that kernel cleanup 💋🎀