gfs2_exchange(9)

💫 gfs2_exchange(9) 💫

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — it's gfs2_exchange(9), and bestie, it's literally the function that swaps two files around. icon behavior only. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

gfs2_exchange — exchange two files 🔁

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int gfs2_exchange (struct inode *odir , struct dentry *odentry , struct
inode *ndir , struct dentry *ndentry , unsigned int flags );

like, five args, one int coming back at you. classic. 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• odir — the parent directory of the old file name 🗂️
• odentry — the old dentry of the file, aka the original one
• ndir — the parent directory of the new file name 📁
• ndentry — the new dentry of the file
• flags — the rename flags 🚩 (yes, rename flags, that's the vibe)

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🦋 RETURN 🦋

errno — that's it, that's the return. no cap. ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./fs/gfs2/inode.c — plus the whole friend group:

• gfs2_set_iop(9)
• gfs2_inode_lookup(9)
• gfs2_lookup_by_inum(9)
• gfs2_lookup_meta(9)
• gfs2_lookupi(9)
• create_ok(9)
• gfs2_init_xattr(9)
• init_dinode(9)
• gfs2_trans_da_blks(9)
• gfs2_create_inode(9)
• gfs2_create(9)
• __gfs2_lookup(9)
• gfs2_link(9)
• gfs2_unlink_inode(9)
• gfs2_unlink(9)
• gfs2_symlink(9)
• gfs2_mkdir(9)
• gfs2_mknod(9)
• gfs2_atomic_open(9)
• update_moved_ino(9)
• gfs2_rename(9)
• gfs2_get_link(9)
• gfs2_permission(9)
• gfs2_setattr(9)
• gfs2_getattr(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie, we ate and left zero crumbs 💖 source lives at ./fs/gfs2, this one's dated October 2026, and the page itself is gfs2_exchange(9) — periodt. 🎀👑