init_dinode(9)

Hiii bestie 💖 welcome to the init_dinode(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — it's giving "tiny kernel helper with main character energy," and we're keeping every detail, no cap. ✨

💖 NAME 💖

init_dinode — fill in a new dinode structure. Literally that's the job: fill in a new dinode structure. Slay. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

The whole call is:

void init_dinode (struct gfs2_inode *dip , struct gfs2_inode *ip , const char *symname );

🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

• dip — the directory this inode is being created in. Think of it as the inode's home base.
• ip — the inode. The main character, periodt.
• symname — the symlink destination (if a symlink). If it's not a symlink, this isn't the vibe.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./fs/gfs2/inode.c

The related-call friend group is:

• 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)
• 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)

byeee from ./fs/gfs2 — October 2026 — this was init_dinode(9) 🫶💅