eventfs_root_lookup(9)

eventfs_root_lookup(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for eventfs_root_lookup(9) — manual name folded in right at the top, we love a tidy entrance ✨.

🌸 NAME 🌸

eventfs_root_lookup — lookup routine to create file/dir. that's the whole name vibe 🎀.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct dentry * eventfs_root_lookup (struct inode *dir , struct dentry
       *dentry , unsigned int flags );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dir — the directory in which a lookup is being done. literally the place we're snooping around 🔍
• dentry — file/dir dentry. the file/dir dentry in question, bestie.
• flags — Just passed to simple_lookup. no extra drama, just passed straight through 💅

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so this one is used to create a dynamic file/dir with-in dir. it searches with-in the ei list, and if the dentry is found, it goes ahead and creates the file/dir. that's the whole plot, no cap 🦋.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./fs/tracefs/event_inode.c — plus these besties:

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

xoxo, your resident kernel bestie 💖 — source/version: ./fs/tracefs; date: October 2026. slay and read the source 🫶