iput_not_last(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to iput_not_last(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this is iput_not_last, and it’s giving “put an inode assuming this is not the last reference.” that’s the whole description, no cap. 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void iput_not_last (struct inode *inode );

literally the signature, untouched, zero notes. 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• inode — inode to put. that’s the one and only argument, bestie. 🎀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./fs/inode.c — and the whole SEE ALSO squad is here, no cap:

• inode_init_always_gfp(9)
• alloc_inode(9)
• drop_nlink(9)
• clear_nlink(9)
• set_nlink(9)
• inc_nlink(9)
• inode_sb_list_add(9)
• __insert_inode_hash(9)
• __remove_inode_hash(9)
• evict_inodes(9)
• new_inode(9)
• unlock_new_inode(9)
• lock_two_nondirectories(9)
• unlock_two_nondirectories(9)
• inode_insert5(9)
• iget5_locked(9)
• iget5_locked_rcu(9)
• iget_locked(9)
• iunique(9)
• ihold(9)
• ilookup5_nowait(9)
• ilookup5(9)
• ilookup(9)
• find_inode_nowait(9)
• find_inode_rcu(9)
• find_inode_by_ino_rcu(9)
• iput(9)
• bmap(9)
• inode_update_time(9)
• generic_update_time(9)
• atime_needs_update(9)
• file_remove_privs(9)
• current_time(9)
• file_update_time(9)
• file_modified_flags(9)
• file_modified(9)
• kiocb_modified(9)
• inode_init_owner(9)
• inode_owner_or_capable(9)
• inode_dio_wait(9)
• timestamp_truncate(9)
• inode_set_ctime_current(9)
• inode_set_ctime_deleg(9)
• in_group_or_capable(9)
• mode_strip_sgid(9)
• dump_inode(9)

that’s every single reference — not one left behind. periodt. 🌈

byeee bestie 💖 this page is source/version ./fs, dated October 2026, and it’s iput_not_last(9) signing off ✨ 💅