ksmbd_vfs_mkdir(9)

✨ ksmbd_vfs_mkdir(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for ksmbd_vfs_mkdir — yes it's a whole function name, no we're not scared of it 💅 this is the little vfs helper that handles smb create directory for you, and honestly? it's giving underrated icon energy 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ksmbd_vfs_mkdir — the vfs helper for smb create directory 🫶 like, that's literally her job, that's what she does, periodt.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ksmbd_vfs_mkdir (struct ksmbd_work *work , const char *name ,
       umode_t mode );

look at that signature, so clean, so intentional, we stan 😭💖

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• work — the work, bestie. that's the struct ksmbd_work * right there. she's the work 🫡
• name — the directory name that is relative to share — key detail, don't forget it, iykyk ✨
• mode — the directory create mode, aka the vibe settings for your new dir 🌈

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👑 RETURN 👑

• 0 on success 🎉 (slay, we love a clean zero)
• otherwise error 💀 (not slay, but at least you know)

fr fr: zero means it worked. anything else means it did not, and that's the whole tea.

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the whole friend group, no cap — every single one of these cuties lives in the Kernel file ./fs/smb/server/vfs.c:

• ksmbd_vfs_create(9)
• check_lock_range(9)
• ksmbd_vfs_read(9)
• ksmbd_vfs_write(9)
• ksmbd_vfs_getattr(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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aaand that's the page, bestie 🧚💫 it comes straight out of ./fs/smb/server, dated October 2026, and it's filed under ksmbd_vfs_mkdir(9) — go make some directories, you've got this 🔥🍓💅