kernfs_create_dir_ns(9)

💖 NAME 💖

kernfs_create_dir_ns - create a directory ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the kernfs_create_dir_ns(9) manual page — this is the one about creating a directory in kernfs, and we are gonna get you all the way together, no cap 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct kernfs_node * kernfs_create_dir_ns (struct kernfs_node *parent ,
const char *name , umode_t mode , kuid_t uid , kgid_t gid , void *priv ,
const struct ns_common *ns );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

here’s the whole cast, bestie — every single one matters 💅

• parent — parent in which to create a new directory 🌱
• name — name of the new directory 🏷️
• mode — mode of the new directory 🔐
• uid — uid of the new directory 👤
• gid — gid of the new directory 👥
• priv — opaque data associated with the new directory 🎁
• ns — optional namespace tag of the directory 🧚

💅 RETURN 💅

the created node on success, ERR_PTR value on failure. periodt. 💅✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./fs/kernfs/dir.c — and the whole iconic crew 👑

• kernfs_path_from_node_locked(9)
• kernfs_name(9)
• kernfs_path_from_node(9)
• pr_cont_kernfs_name(9)
• pr_cont_kernfs_path(9)
• kernfs_get_parent(9)
• kernfs_name_hash(9)
• kernfs_link_sibling(9)
• kernfs_unlink_sibling(9)
• kernfs_get_active(9)
• kernfs_put_active(9)
• kernfs_drain(9)
• kernfs_get(9)
• kernfs_put(9)
• kernfs_node_from_dentry(9)
• kernfs_add_one(9)
• kernfs_find_ns(9)
• kernfs_find_and_get_ns(9)
• kernfs_walk_and_get_ns(9)
• kernfs_create_root(9)
• kernfs_destroy_root(9)
• kernfs_root_to_node(9)
• kernfs_create_empty_dir(9)
• kernfs_next_descendant_post(9)
• kernfs_activate(9)
• kernfs_show(9)
• kernfs_remove(9)
• kernfs_break_active_protection(9)
• kernfs_unbreak_active_protection(9)
• kernfs_remove_self(9)
• kernfs_remove_by_name_ns(9)
• kernfs_rename_ns(9)

that’s the whole tea ☕ from ./fs/kernfs, dated October 2026, for kernfs_create_dir_ns(9) — mwah 💋✨