evict_unlinked_inode(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ evict_unlinked_inode πŸ’…

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual β€” this one's evict_unlinked_inode(9) and it's literally about deleting the pieces of an unlinked evicted inode. yes that's the whole vibe. no cap. 🫢


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

like here's the signature, copy it exactly pls, character for character, don't be cute with it:

int evict_unlinked_inode (struct inode *inode , struct gfs2_holder *gh
);

that's it. that's the whole call. it returns an int, iykyk. ⭐


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • inode β€” the inode you're evicting, like the inode, the one in question. it's a struct inode * so yeah, pointer. πŸ¦‹
  • gh β€” the glock holder structure. it's a struct gfs2_holder *. glock holder. holder of the glock. that's the whole job description. πŸ’…

πŸ‘‘ SEE ALSO πŸ‘‘

okay so there's a lot of friends in this ecosystem and honestly the way this whole list ate β€” here's everyone, no skips, no shortcuts, all of them:

Kernel file ./fs/gfs2/super.c

like genuinely go read them, they're all main character energy in their own way. πŸ”₯


🌈 the sign-off πŸŽ€

this lil page lives in ./fs/gfs2, it's dated October 2026, and the page itself is evict_unlinked_inode(9) β€” that's the source, that's the version, that's the whole footer bestie. slay, you read the whole thing, periodt. πŸ’–βœ¨

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