ihold(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the ihold(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — it's giving tiny but important. ihold — get a reference on the inode, provided you already have one. That's literally the whole assignment, no cap. 💅

vibe check: the provided you already have one part is not a suggestion, bestie — you already have a reference before you call this. 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

the signature is short and iconic:

void ihold (struct inode *inode );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• inode — the inode to operate on. Simple as that. 🌸

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so the guest list is long and every single one is invited. pull up a chair, bestie:

• Kernel file ./fs/inode.c
• inode_init_always_gfp(9)
• alloc_inode(9)
• drop_nlink(9)
• clear_nlink(9)
• set_nlink(9)
• inc_nlink(9)
• inode_sb_list_add(9)
• __insert_inode_hash(9)
• __remove_inode_hash(9)
• evict_inodes(9)
• new_inode(9)
• unlock_new_inode(9)
• lock_two_nondirectories(9)
• unlock_two_nondirectories(9)
• inode_insert5(9)
• iget5_locked(9)
• iget5_locked_rcu(9)
• iget_locked(9)
• iunique(9)
• ilookup5_nowait(9)
• ilookup5(9)
• ilookup(9)
• find_inode_nowait(9)
• find_inode_rcu(9)
• find_inode_by_ino_rcu(9)
• iput(9)
• iput_not_last(9)
• bmap(9)
• inode_update_time(9)
• generic_update_time(9)
• atime_needs_update(9)
• file_remove_privs(9)
• current_time(9)
• file_update_time(9)
• file_modified_flags(9)
• file_modified(9)
• kiocb_modified(9)
• inode_init_owner(9)
• inode_owner_or_capable(9)
• inode_dio_wait(9)
• timestamp_truncate(9)
• inode_set_ctime_current(9)
• inode_set_ctime_deleg(9)
• in_group_or_capable(9)
• mode_strip_sgid(9)
• dump_inode(9)

mwah 💋 this page comes from source ./fs, version/date October 2026, and it's the ihold(9) page. bye bestie, go hold that reference responsibly! 🫶✨