kernfs_unlink_open_file(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to kernfs_unlink_open_file(9) from the Kernel API Manual — section 9, the cutest little corner of kernel docs 💖

kernfs_unlink_open_file — Unlink @of from @kn. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void kernfs_unlink_open_file (struct kernfs_node *kn , struct kernfs_open_file *of , bool open_failed );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• kn — target kernfs_node 👑
• of — associated kernfs_open_file 🎀
• open_failed — ->open failed, cancel ->release 💀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Unlink of from the list of kn's associated open files. If the list of associated open files becomes empty, disassociate and free kernfs_open_node. periodt 💅

LOCKING: None. — no locks, zero, zip, none, not a single one 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./fs/kernfs/file.c, plus of_on(9), kernfs_deref_open_node_locked(9), kernfs_get_open_node(9), kernfs_notify(9), and __kernfs_create_file(9) 🌈

xoxo, your kernel bestie 💋 — source/version ./fs/kernfs, dated October 2026. 🦋✨