gfs2_dir_mvino(9)

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💅 gfs2_dir_mvino(9) — Kernel API Manual 💅

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🎀 NAME 🎀

gfs2_dir_mvino — Change inode number of directory entry

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int gfs2_dir_mvino (struct gfs2_inode *dip , const struct qstr *filename , const struct gfs2_inode *nip , unsigned int new_type );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • dip — The GFS2 directory inode
  • filename — the filename to be moved
  • nip — the new GFS2 inode
  • new_type — the de_type of the new dirent

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

This routine changes the inode number of a directory entry. It's used by rename to change ".." when a directory is moved.

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

It returns errno — literally that's the return section, no extra lore. 😭

🔍 SEE ALSO 🔍

Kernel file: ./fs/gfs2/dir.c

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🫶 source/version: ./fs/gfs2 • date: October 2026 • page: gfs2_dir_mvino(9) — byeee, bestie! 💜

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