inode_eq_iversion_raw(9)

💅 inode_eq_iversion_raw(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

Okay so picture this: it's giving "did my inode's raw i_version counter change or not" and honestly it's the moment we've all been waiting for 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

inode_eq_iversion_raw — check whether the raw i_version counter has changed 👀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool inode_eq_iversion_raw (const struct inode *inode , u64 old );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• inode — the inode we're checking, bestie. the main character of this whole operation 💅
• old — the old value we're checking against its i_version 👑

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So basically: this compares the current raw i_version counter against a previous one. That's the whole vibe check 😌

• if they're the same → returns true ✅
• if they're different → returns false ❌

No cap, that's literally it. Simple, iconic, does exactly what it says on the tin 🫶

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./include/linux/iversion.h — plus the whole friend group, fr fr:

• inode_set_iversion_raw(9)
• inode_peek_iversion_raw(9)
• inode_set_max_iversion_raw(9)
• inode_set_iversion(9)
• inode_set_iversion_queried(9)
• inode_inc_iversion(9)
• inode_iversion_need_inc(9)
• inode_inc_iversion_raw(9)
• inode_peek_iversion(9)
• inode_eq_iversion(9)

Go read them all, they slay 🧚

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And that's the whole page, bestie 💀 this page lives in ./include/linux and it's dated October 2026 — the Kernel API Manual said so, and the manual never lies 🌈⭐💜