inode_inc_iversion_raw(9)

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💅 inode_inc_iversion_raw — Kernel API Manual ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

inode_inc_iversion_raw — forcibly increment raw i_version</p> 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void inode_inc_iversion_raw (struct inode *inode );

That's it. That's the whole signature. Short, sweet, and absolutely iconic 👑

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • inode — the inode that needs to be updated. Like, this one, right here, she's the one getting the glow-up 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So here's the tea ☕ — this function forcibly increments the raw i_version field. And when we say forcible, we mean it: this always results in a change to the raw value. No maybe, no "depends on the vibe," no cap. The raw number goes up. Periodt 💀

(And yes, the original page literally spells it "Forcbily" — typos happen to the best of us, we still love her 🙈)

Now, why does anyone care? NFS uses the i_version field to store the value it got from the server. Mostly it treats that value as opaque — like, not her business, she's just holding it, iykyk. But there's one specific situation where she does have to care: when it holds a write delegation, it must increment the value itself. And that, bestie, is exactly the job this function does. Slay 🔥

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./include/linux/iversion.h — go read the source, she's gorgeous 🌈 — plus all these sibling functions doing their own little version-number things:

Every single one of them, no skips, we give credit where credit is due 🎀

Ngl, if you take one thing from this page: raw increment = always changes the raw value. That's the whole plot 🍓

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