gfs2_create(9)

💫 gfs2_create(9) 💫

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual corner of the group chat — today we're looking at gfs2_create, and honestly? she's the moment. this is the function that makes a file in GFS2. like, out of nothing. main character energy fr fr 🌸

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✨ NAME ✨

gfs2_create — Create a file 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int gfs2_create (struct mnt_idmap *idmap , struct inode *dir , struct
dentry *dentry , umode_t mode );

like yes she takes four arguments, we'll get to those, don't panic 💅

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🌈 ARGUMENTS 🌈

• idmap — the idmap of the mount that the inode was found from. iykyk, it's the mapping situation for that mount 🫶
• dir — the directory you're creating the file in. the location. the venue. the whole vibe 🏠
• dentry — the dentry of the new file. that's her little name-tag ✨
• mode — the mode of the new file. permissions, personality, the whole fit 👑

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

errno — that's it, that's the whole return. she gives you an errno and you deal with it 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay this list is LONG, grab a snack 🍓 — kernel file ./fs/gfs2/inode.c plus:

• gfs2_set_iop(9)
• gfs2_inode_lookup(9)
• gfs2_lookup_by_inum(9)
• gfs2_lookup_meta(9)
• gfs2_lookupi(9)
• create_ok(9)
• gfs2_init_xattr(9)
• init_dinode(9)
• gfs2_trans_da_blks(9)
• gfs2_create_inode(9)
• __gfs2_lookup(9)
• gfs2_link(9)
• gfs2_unlink_inode(9)
• gfs2_unlink(9)
• gfs2_symlink(9)
• gfs2_mkdir(9)
• gfs2_mknod(9)
• gfs2_atomic_open(9)
• update_moved_ino(9)
• gfs2_rename(9)
• gfs2_exchange(9)
• gfs2_get_link(9)
• gfs2_permission(9)
• gfs2_setattr(9)
• gfs2_getattr(9)

twenty-five besties, all iconic, all worth a read 🔥

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and that's the page!! no cap, every flag, every argument, every reference is right there. go forth and create files responsibly 💖

mwah 💋 — this one's from ./fs/gfs2, dated October 2026, and yeah she's page gfs2_create(9) of your favourite Kernel API Manual. bye bestie!! 🧚