kernfs_get(9)

💖 NAME 💖

Okay so this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and the function is kernfs_get — it gets a reference count on a kernfs_node. ✨ Short name, clear job, main character energy. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void kernfs_get (struct kernfs_node *kn );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• kn — the target kernfs_node. 🎯 That's the whole argument list, bestie — no cap.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

The whole SEE ALSO friend group is right here, bestie — every single one:

Kernel file ./fs/kernfs/dir.c 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_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_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)

source/version: ./fs/kernfs · date: October 2026 · okay bye bestie, kernfs_get(9) out 💅🫶