inode_inc_iversion(9)

okay so bestie, this is inode_inc_iversion(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving “force the version, no cap.” 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

inode_inc_iversion — forcibly increment i_version 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void inode_inc_iversion (struct inode *inode );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• inode — the inode that needs to be updated 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Forcibly increment the i_version field. This always results in a change to the observable value — like, the value you can actually observe, periodt. ✨ No “maybe it changed” energy here; it changes. 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./include/linux/iversion.h 👑

• 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_iversion_need_inc(9)
• inode_inc_iversion_raw(9)
• inode_peek_iversion(9)
• inode_eq_iversion_raw(9)
• inode_eq_iversion(9)

source/version: ./include/linux · date: October 2026 — mwah, signing off 🎀💋✨