gfs2_init_xattr(9)

💫 gfs2_init_xattr(9) 💫

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes, that's the whole manual name, we're fancy here 👑 — and today's main character is gfs2_init_xattr, a lil function that does exactly one job and does it slayfully.

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✨ NAME ✨

gfs2_init_xattr — Initialise an xattr block for a new inode 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void gfs2_init_xattr (struct gfs2_inode *ip );

literally that's the whole signature, no cap. it returns void so there's nothing to catch, no drama, no return value to obsess over 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ip — The inode in question 🫶 like, the actual inode we're doing this for. the one. the main character.

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so here's the vibe: this sets up an empty xattr block for a new inode, all fresh and ready to go ✨

ready for what, you ask? ready to take any ACLs, LSM xattrs, etc. — like an empty closet just waiting for the fits to arrive 🎀

that's it. that's the whole function. it's giving "prep the canvas before the artist shows up" and honestly? iconic.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./fs/gfs2/inode.c — plus the whole extended fam, and yes we're listing every single one because nobody gets left out 💖:

• gfs2_set_iop(9)
• gfs2_inode_lookup(9)
• gfs2_lookup_by_inum(9)
• gfs2_lookup_meta(9)
• gfs2_lookupi(9)
• create_ok(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_exchange(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!! 🌈

cute lil sign-off time 🫶: this one lives under ./fs/gfs2, dated October 2026, and it's filed under gfs2_init_xattr(9) so you can find it again whenever you need it. mwah 💋✨