fsnotify_get_cookie(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 this one is short but iconic: it's all about getting a cookie. Not the snack kind (sadly 😭), the synchronization kind. Let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

fsnotify_get_cookie — return a unique cookie for use in synchronizing events. Called from fsnotify_move, which is inlined into filesystem modules.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

u32 fsnotify_get_cookie (void );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • void — no arguments. That's it, bestie. Nothing goes in. 🫶

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

  • Kernel file ./fs/notify/notification.c

stay hydrated and keep your events synchronized, bestie 🧚 — this page lives in ./fs/notify, is dated October 2026, and it's the fsnotify_get_cookie(9) manual page. periodt. 💜

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