file_open_name(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is file_open_name(9) from the Kernel API Manual — the helper with main character energy whose literal job is: open file and return file pointer. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct file * file_open_name (struct filename *name , int flags , umode_t mode );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• name — a struct filename containing the path to open. 🛣️
• flags — open flags as per the open(2) second argument. 🚩
• mode — mode for the new file if O_CREAT is set; otherwise it's ignored. 🙈

💀 DESCRIPTION 💀

okay so this is the helper to open a file from kernelspace if you really have to. But — and yes, the page really says “in generally,” typo and all — you should not do this, so please move along, nothing to see here.. 😭

fr fr, this is a “don’t touch unless you absolutely must” situation. The warning is the whole vibe check: kernelspace file-opening is not something to do casually, bestie. ⚠️

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./fs/open.c: finish_open(9), finish_no_open(9), vfs_open(9), kernel_file_open(9), filp_open(9). 💖

that’s the whole file_open_name(9) page, bestie 💅 — source/version: ./fs, dated October 2026. mwah 🎀