kernfs_setattr(9)

hey bestie 💖 welcome to kernfs_setattr(9), an actual page from the Kernel API Manual, and yes it's as iconic as it sounds ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

kernfs_setattr — set iattr on a node 🎀

like, that's the whole vibe. it sets iattr on a node. periodt 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int kernfs_setattr (struct kernfs_node *kn , const struct iattr *iattr
);

look at that signature, it's giving main character energy 👑

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• kn — the target node 🎯 the one you're doing this to
• iattr — the iattr to set 🦋 like, the actual thing going on the node

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🦋 RETURN 🦋

• 0 on success 🥳 slay, it worked
• -errno on failure 😭 so if it goes wrong you get a negative errno, not a vibe

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./fs/kernfs/inode.c 📂
• kernfs_get_inode(9) 💜

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okay that's the whole page, no cap 🫶 this one lives under ./fs/kernfs, it's dated October 2026, and it's literally kernfs_setattr(9) — take care of her 💖✨🎀