gfs2_dir_get_hash_table(9)

💅 gfs2_dir_get_hash_table — a Kernel API Manual moment (section 9, bestie)

okay so real talk, this one's from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and it's a whole little function called gfs2_dir_get_hash_table. she's short, she's sweet, she does exactly one thing. let's go 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

gfs2_dir_get_hash_table — get pointer to the dir hash table. that's it. that's the whole job. pointer to the table. slay 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

__be64 * gfs2_dir_get_hash_table (struct gfs2_inode *ip );

look at her go. returns a __be64 *, takes a struct gfs2_inode * named ip. iconic signature, no notes ✨

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ip — the inode in question 👀 like, the inode. the one we're asking about. the main character, fr.

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

the hash table, or an error. so like… you either get the goods or you get a problem, no in-between, no cap 💀 always check what you got back bestie, don't just assume it's the table.

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💖 SEE ALSO 💖

it's giving linked list of friends, honestly. go look at the kernel file ./fs/gfs2/dir.c and then say hi to all of these:

• gfs2_dir_write_data(9)
• gfs2_dir_read_data(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_del(9)
• gfs2_dir_mvino(9)
• leaf_dealloc(9)
• gfs2_dir_exhash_dealloc(9)
• gfs2_diradd_alloc_required(9)

like, the whole friend group 🫶 go read them, iykyk 📚

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ngl this page is tiny but she's doing her best and honestly? she ate 💅

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okay that's the whole page, bestie — and before you go, the receipts: this one lives in ./fs/gfs2 and it's dated October 2026. mwah, go touch some inodes 🌈⭐💜