inode_set_iversion_queried(9)

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

okay so picture this: you're in the kernel API manual, and this little function is out here setting your i_version and flagging it for the next glow-up. let's get into it ✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

inode_set_iversion_queried — set i_version to a particular value as quereied

yes, "quereied" is literally what the official blurb says. i'm just the messenger 💀 not me fixing the spelling of an icon.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void inode_set_iversion_queried (struct inode *inode , u64 val );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• inode — the inode you're setting, bestie. that's the one 🫶
• val — the new i_version value you wanna set it to ✨

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So what it does is: it sets the inode's i_version field to val, and then it flags that field so it gets incremented on the next change. periodt. 👑

Now here's the part that actually matters — filesystems that persistently store the i_version on disk should lowkey use this one when they're loading an existing inode from disk. like, that's the whole vibe check for this function. 💅

And the why is genuinely important, so listen up: when you load an i_version value in from a backing store, you literally cannot be certain that it wasn't previously viewed before being stored. so you must assume that it was — because if you don't, you could end up handing out the same value for different versions of the same inode. 😭 and that? that's not the move. so we assume it was viewed, we flag it for increment, and everybody stays safe. no cap. 🔥

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⭐ 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_inc_iversion(9)
• inode_iversion_need_inc(9)
• inode_inc_iversion_raw(9)
• inode_peek_iversion(9)
• inode_eq_iversion_raw(9)
• inode_eq_iversion(9)

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okay that's the whole page, you ate that 🍓 this lil gem lives in ./include/linux, and the version stamp on it is October 2026, filed under inode_set_iversion_queried(9) — mwah, go forth and set your iversions responsibly, icon 💜✨🎀