fscrypt_has_encryption_key(9)

💖 fscrypt_has_encryption_key(9) 💖

okay bestie, this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's lowkey a tiny vibe check for inodes. No cap, it's short but important.

🌸 NAME 🌸

fscrypt_has_encryption_key — check whether an inode has had its key set up.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool fscrypt_has_encryption_key (const struct inode *inode );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• inode — the inode to check. That's the whole assignment, bestie: hand over the inode you're curious about.

🦋 RETURN 🦋

Returns true if the inode has had its encryption key set up, else false. Like, key setup done = true era; no key setup = false. periodt.

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Usually this should be preceded by fscrypt_get_encryption_info to try to set up the key first. So yeah — the manpage says usually call that first to try to set up the key. Do with that what you will, icon.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./include/linux/fscrypt.h
• fscrypt_needs_contents_encryption(9)
• fscrypt_is_nokey_name(9)
• fscrypt_prepare_link(9)
• fscrypt_prepare_rename(9)
• fscrypt_prepare_lookup(9)
• fscrypt_prepare_readdir(9)
• fscrypt_prepare_setattr(9)
• fscrypt_encrypt_symlink(9)

mwah 💋 — from the Kernel API Manual, source/version ./include/linux, dated October 2026. slay. 🫶