ksmbd_vfs_getattr(9)

💅 ksmbd_vfs_getattr(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a little function with main character energy — it's the vfs helper for smb getattr, no cap 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ksmbd_vfs_getattr — vfs helper for smb getattr 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ksmbd_vfs_getattr (const struct path *path , struct kstat *stat );

like, that's the whole vibe check right there 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• path — path of dentry 🗂️ literally the path you're pointing at, bestie
• stat — pointer to returned kernel stat structure 📋 it's a pointer, and it's where the kernel stat struct comes back to you, iykyk

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

0 on success, otherwise error 😭 — yes that's it, that's the whole story. zero means slay, anything else means something went sideways, periodt.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./fs/smb/server/vfs.c — go read it fr fr 📖 and also these iconic siblings:

• ksmbd_vfs_create(9)
• ksmbd_vfs_mkdir(9)
• check_lock_range(9)
• ksmbd_vfs_read(9)
• ksmbd_vfs_write(9)
• ksmbd_vfs_fsync(9)
• ksmbd_vfs_remove_file(9)
• ksmbd_vfs_link(9)
• ksmbd_vfs_truncate(9)
• ksmbd_vfs_listxattr(9)
• ksmbd_vfs_getxattr(9)
• ksmbd_vfs_setxattr(9)
• ksmbd_vfs_set_fadvise(9)
• ksmbd_vfs_empty_dir(9)
• ksmbd_vfs_lookup_in_dir(9)
• ksmbd_vfs_kern_path(9)
• ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_start_removing(9)
• ksmbd_vfs_init_kstat(9)

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🧚 a whole friend group of vfs helpers and ksmbd_vfs_getattr is out here doing its one little job. obsessed. 💖

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kisses bestie 💜 this page came from ./fs/smb/server and it's dated October 2026, so like… mark your calendar, mwah 🎀💅✨