fs_umode_to_ftype(9)

💅 fs_umode_to_ftype(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's a lil kernel function called fs_umode_to_ftype, and honestly? it's giving translator energy. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

fs_umode_to_ftype — file mode to on-disk file type. yeah. that's the whole vibe. it takes a mode and hands you back the on-disk type. iconic behavior tbh 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

unsigned char fs_umode_to_ftype (umode_t mode );

that's it. one arg, one return, no drama. ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• mode — the file mode you wanna convert, bestie. just hand it over and it'll do the thing 💖

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, this function converts the file mode value to the on-disk file type (the FT_* situation). lowkey a glow-up for your umode_t, fr fr ✨

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💜 CONTEXT 💜

Any context. no cap, any. call it wherever, whenever. it's not picky, she's flexible 🧚

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👑 RETURN 👑

here's the menu of possible answers, and yes every single one is listed because we don't skip:

• FT_UNKNOWN — unknown type 🙈
• FT_REG_FILE — regular file 🍓
• FT_DIR — directory 💖
• FT_CHRDEV — character device ✨
• FT_BLKDEV — block device 🎀
• FT_FIFO — FIFO 🌸
• FT_SOCK — local-domain socket 🦋
• FT_SYMLINK — symbolic link 🔥

eight options, all accounted for, periodt 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./fs/fs_dirent.c
• fs_ftype_to_dtype(9)
• fs_umode_to_dtype(9)

like, go read those too, they're the friend group iykyk 🫶

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💀 reminder bestie: this page lives in ./fs and it's dated October 2026 — that's the source/version + date energy, mwah 💋

that's the whole page, you ate it, so proud of you, see you in the next man 🧚‍♀️✨💅