kobject_rename(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 kobject_rename(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page you actually wanna read

okay so bestie, welcome to the glow-up era of kobject_rename(9) — this is the kernel API manual entry for renaming a kobject, and honestly it's giving "short but mighty" ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

kobject_rename — Change the name of an object. that's it, that's the whole vibe 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int kobject_rename (struct kobject *kobj , const char *new_name );

literally the entire signature, no cap 🫶

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • kobj — the object in question. yes, that object. the main character 👑
  • new_name — the object's new name. the rebrand, the fresh identity, the new era 🦋

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the tea, and it's important tea: it is the responsibility of the caller to provide mutual exclusion between two different calls of kobject_rename on the same kobject, and to ensure that new_name is valid and won't conflict with other kobjects.

read that again, bestie. the kernel is NOT gonna hold your hand on this one 🫠 no lock, no safety net, no nothing. if you're calling kobject_rename from two places at once on the same kobject without sorting out your own exclusion — that's on you, fr fr. and you also gotta make sure new_name is actually valid and doesn't collide with any other kobject. iykyk 💀

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

kernel file ./lib/kobject.c, plus the whole friend group:

that's the whole kobject/kset extended universe, go read them, they all ate 🔥

ngl this page lives at ./lib and it's dated October 2026, so jot that down — seasonal queen behavior 🌈

and that's the page, bestie!! kobject_rename(9) from the Kernel API Manual, ./lib, October 2026 — mwah, periodt 💅🧚‍♀️🍓

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