ksmbd_vfs_remove_file(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ksmbd_vfs_remove_file — like, the whole vibe

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie, and it's about ksmbd_vfs_remove_file(9). yes the 9 goes at the end, that's the section number, we don't ask questions we just vibe 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ksmbd_vfs_remove_file — a vfs helper for smb rmdir or unlink 🗑️

like literally it's the little guy that handles deleting stuff, no cap

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ksmbd_vfs_remove_file (struct ksmbd_work *work , const struct path
*path );

it returns an int, takes a struct ksmbd_work * and a const struct path *, and that's the whole function signature, she's clean, she's simple, she ate 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • work — the work. yeah. that's the description. it's a work. it's giving minimal effort but honestly? iconic 🙈
  • path — the path of the dentry, aka the thing you're pointing at when you wanna yeet it 🔥

💖 RETURN 💖

0 on success, otherwise error ✨

that's it. zero means slay, anything else means something went sideways, sorry bestie 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file lives at ./fs/smb/server/vfs.c if you wanna go read the source yourself, main character research energy fr fr 🧚

and it's friends with the whole squad:

ngl that's the whole page. short, sweet, does exactly one thing. we love a focused queen 🫶

okay bye bestie, this one came from ./fs/smb/server, dated October 2026, and it's the ksmbd_vfs_remove_file(9) page 💜 stay hydrated, read your kernel source, mwah 🌈⭐

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