kernfs_find_ns(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so welcome to the kernfs_find_ns(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🫶 this one is literally about kernfs_find_ns — find kernfs_node with the given name. no cap, that's the whole name-section vibe.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct kernfs_node * kernfs_find_ns (struct kernfs_node *parent , const
       unsigned char *name , const struct ns_common *ns );

this is the function signature, copy it exactly, don't freestyle the spaces 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• parent — the kernfs_node to search under, like the group chat you're scrolling through.
• name — the name to look for. yes, that's the @ you're trying to find.
• ns — the namespace tag to use. yep, that's the tag 🏷️

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

look for kernfs_node with name name under parent. that's the whole mission: search under parent for the kernfs_node named name, and it's giving targeted search energy 🔥

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🌸 RETURN 🌸

pointer to the found kernfs_node on success, NULL on failure. slay when it finds it, NULL when it doesn't 😭

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./fs/kernfs/dir.c — plus the whole friend group, and yes, every single one is here, periodt:

• 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_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_dir_ns(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)

mwah 💋 source/version: ./fs/kernfs; date: October 2026; page: kernfs_find_ns(9). bye bestie, go find those nodes ✨👑