gfs2_diradd_alloc_required(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 gfs2_diradd_alloc_required(9) 💅

ok so you found a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes bestie, we're in kernel-land now, and this one is gfs2_diradd_alloc_required(9), a real function living its best life in ./fs/gfs2. Don't panic, it's actually so chill. Let me break it down 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

gfs2_diradd_alloc_required — literally just: find out if adding an entry is gonna require an allocation. that's it. that's the whole vibe check 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int gfs2_diradd_alloc_required (struct inode *inode , const struct qstr
*name , struct gfs2_diradd *da );

like, look at her. three args, returns an int, no cap. 🦋

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • inode — the directory inode that's being written to. the main character of this operation ngl 👑
  • name — the filename that's going to be added. yes, the thing you're inserting. iconic behavior 💅
  • da — the structure to return dir alloc info. the output goes in here, she's a struct gfs2_diradd, so keep her around ✨

⭐ RETURN ⭐

Returns 0 if ok, -ve on error. so like, zero = slay, negative = something went wrong, go fix it 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

ok so the whole friend group 🫶 this lives in the kernel file ./fs/gfs2/dir.c, and these are her people:

ngl there's not a single warning, bug note, or deprecated thing on this whole page — it's basically a clean bill of health 💀 enjoy it while it lasts

k bye bestie, this page came from ./fs/gfs2, dated October 2026 — that's the version and the date, and yes I'm mentioning them here at the end because we're doing a cute sign-off instead of copying the footer line 🌈✨ mwah 💜

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