gfs2_mknod(9)

✨ gfs2_mknod(9) — Make a Special File ✨

okay so bestie, we're deep in the Kernel API Manual and this page is literally about gfs2_mknod(9). no cap, the whole vibe is Make a special file 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

gfs2_mknod — Make a special file 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int gfs2_mknod (struct mnt_idmap *idmap , struct inode *dir , struct
       dentry *dentry , umode_t mode , dev_t dev );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• idmap — the idmap of the mount the inode was found from. iykyk 💫
• dir — the directory in which the special file will reside 🏠
• dentry — the dentry of the special file 🎀
• mode — the mode of the special file ✨
• dev — the device specification of the special file 🔌

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./fs/gfs2/inode.c — that's the source-file bestie for this one, and here's the whole squad you should also go look at:

• 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_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)

mwah 💋 this page came from source/version ./fs/gfs2, dated October 2026, and it's gfs2_mknod(9) signing off 🫶✨