gfs2_dir_del(9)

💖 gfs2_dir_del(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the gfs2_dir_del page from the Kernel API Manual — yes we're in kernel-land today and yes it's gonna be cute AND correct 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

gfs2_dir_del — literally deletes a directory entry. that's it, that's the whole vibe. bye-bye dir entry, we hardly knew ye ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int gfs2_dir_del (struct gfs2_inode *dip , const struct dentry *dentry );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dip — the GFS2 inode. this is the inode doing the main character work here 🔥
• dentry — the directory entry we want to delete. the one getting uninvited from the party 😭

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on success, or an error code on failure. that's the whole deal fr fr 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file ./fs/gfs2/dir.c and honestly its whole friend group:

• gfs2_dir_write_data(9)
• gfs2_dir_read_data(9)
• gfs2_dir_get_hash_table(9)
• gfs2_dir_hash_inval(9)
• dirent_next(9)
• dirent_del(9)
• get_leaf_nr(9)
• dir_make_exhash(9)
• dir_split_leaf(9)
• dir_double_exhash(9)
• compare_dents(9)
• do_filldir_main(9)
• gfs2_dir_readahead(9)
• dir_e_read(9)
• gfs2_dir_search(9)
• dir_new_leaf(9)
• gfs2_dir_add(9)
• gfs2_dir_mvino(9)
• leaf_dealloc(9)
• gfs2_dir_exhash_dealloc(9)
• gfs2_diradd_alloc_required(9)

like, the whole directory squad showed up 🌈 periodt.

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💀 reminder bestie: gfs2_dir_del only handles the deleting part — don't go assuming anything about the rest, iykyk 🙈

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signed off with love from ./fs/gfs2 💖 — October 2026 edition, mwah 🎀🦋💜