kobject_set_name(9)

kobject_set_name(9) ✨

Okay so this is a Kernel API Manual moment, bestie — we're talking about kobject_set_name(9) and it's giving “name that kobject” energy 🦋

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💖 NAME 💖

kobject_set_name — sets the name of a kobject 💅

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

int kobject_set_name (struct kobject *kobj , const char *fmt , ... );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• kobj — the struct kobject to set the name of 🫶
• fmt — format string used to build the name ✨
• ... — variable arguments 🎀

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Okay so real talk: this sets the name of the kobject. Literally that's the vibe 💫

But listen — if you have already added the kobject to the system, you must call kobject_rename in order to change the name of the kobject. That's not optional, bestie, that's the rule periodt 💅

Like, if it's already out there in the system? kobject_rename is the main character for renaming. No cap 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file: ./lib/kobject.c — and the whole squad is here, bestie:

• kobject_namespace(9)
• kobject_get_ownership(9)
• kobject_get_path(9)
• kobject_set_name_vargs(9)
• kobject_init(9)
• kobject_add(9)
• kobject_init_and_add(9)
• kobject_rename(9)
• kobject_move(9)
• kobject_del(9)
• kobject_get(9)
• kobject_put(9)
• kobject_create(9)
• kobject_create_and_add(9)
• kset_init(9)
• kset_register(9)
• kset_unregister(9)
• kset_find_obj(9)
• kset_create(9)
• kset_create_and_add(9)

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Cute sign-off from source/version ./lib, dated October 2026, page kobject_set_name(9) — mwah, slay, bye bestie 🫶💖