gfs2_ea_dealloc(9)

🎀 gfs2_ea_dealloc(9) 🎀

okay so bestie, this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about gfs2_ea_dealloc — the function with "deallocate the extended attribute fork" energy. no cap, we're keeping every detail cute and intact. 💅✨

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✨ NAME ✨

gfs2_ea_dealloc — deallocate the extended attribute fork

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int gfs2_ea_dealloc (struct gfs2_inode *ip , bool initialized );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ip — the inode. literally the inode, bestie. 🫶
• initialized — xattrs have been initialized. that's the whole vibe check right there. ⭐

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

errno — that's the return value on the menu, periodt.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./fs/gfs2/xattr.c and these iconic besties:

• gfs2_listxattr(9)
• gfs2_iter_unstuffed(9)
• __gfs2_xattr_get(9)
• ea_alloc_blk(9)
• ea_write(9)
• gfs2_xattr_remove(9)
• __gfs2_xattr_set(9)

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and that's the page, bestie 💖 the source/version footer stamp says ./fs/gfs2, dated October 2026 — cute sign-off complete, slay. 🌈🎀