eventfs_remove_dir(9)

💅 eventfs_remove_dir(9) — the Kernel API Manual girlie's edition 🎀

okay so real talk, we're deep in the Kernel API Manual today bestie, and this one is a certified kernel-internals moment. no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

eventfs_remove_dir — remove an eventfs dir or file from the list 🗑️✨

like, it's the cleanup crew. it takes the thing off the list. that's the whole vibe.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void eventfs_remove_dir (struct eventfs_inode *ei );

returns void, so no exit status to stress about, she just does the thing and dips 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ei — the eventfs_inode that's getting removed. this is the main character of the function ngl, everything happens to her 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea ☕ — eventfs_remove_dir acquires the eventfs_mutex lock and then calls eventfs_remove_rec. that's it. that's the whole function. lock, then recurse-inated. 🔥

lowkey obsessed with how short this description is — she said "minimalist" and she ATE 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

sibling functions, the whole friend group fr fr 💜:

• lookup_file(9)
• lookup_dir_entry(9)
• eventfs_d_release(9)
• lookup_file_dentry(9)
• eventfs_root_lookup(9)
• eventfs_create_dir(9)
• eventfs_create_events_dir(9)
• eventfs_remove_rec(9)
• eventfs_remove_events_dir(9)

all of these live in the kernel file ./fs/tracefs/event_inode.c — go say hi 🧚

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💀 friendly reminder that this is the Kernel API Manual, so please don't go calling kernel internals from userspace, i'm begging 🙈

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and that's the page bestie!! ✨ source/version vibes: ./fs/tracefs, dated October 2026 — yes october 2026, she's from the future, we don't ask questions 🕰️💫