fs_lookup_param(9)

💖 fs_lookup_param(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to fs_lookup_param(9) from the Kernel API Manual 👑 manual name? Kernel API Manual — iconic. this page is all about looking up a path referred to by a parameter, and it's lowkey serving main character energy.

🌸 NAME 🌸

fs_lookup_param — Look up a path referred to by a parameter. literally that's the whole vibe: a path gets looked up because a parameter referred to it. slay.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the signature, copy it exactly bestie, no cap:

       int fs_lookup_param (struct fs_context *fc , struct fs_parameter *param
       , bool want_bdev , unsigned int flags , struct path *_path );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• fc — the filesystem context where errors get logged through. it's giving "tell me what went wrong" energy 😭.
• param — the parameter. that's it. that's the girl.
• want_bdev — T if you want a blockdev 🧚 yes, literally T.
• flags — the pathwalk flags that get passed to filename_lookup 🌈.
• _path — where the result of the lookup lands 💅.

🔎 SEE ALSO 🔎

• Kernel file ./fs/fs_parser.c lookup_constant(9), fs_validate_description(9) — bestie, go read these too 🫶

okay bye bestie, this page is from source/version ./fs and dated October 2026 💖✨