lookup_dir_entry(9)

okay bestie, this is lookup_dir_entry(9) from the Kernel API Manual — tracefs directory lookup is having a main character moment ✨💅

💖 NAME 💖

• lookup_dir_entry — the function that looks up a dir in the tracefs filesystem 👀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bestie, here's the exact signature, spacing and all — do not come for me:

       struct dentry * lookup_dir_entry (struct dentry *dentry , struct
       eventfs_inode *pei , struct eventfs_inode *ei );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dentry — the directory to look up 📁
• pei — pointer to the parent eventfs_inode if it's available 🫶
• ei — the eventfs_inode that represents the directory to create ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: this function will look up a dentry for a directory represented by an eventfs_inode. that's the whole vibe, no cap 💀💖

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

Kernel file ./fs/tracefs/event_inode.c and its besties:

• lookup_file(9)
• eventfs_d_release(9)
• lookup_file_dentry(9)
• eventfs_root_lookup(9)
• eventfs_create_dir(9)
• eventfs_create_events_dir(9)
• eventfs_remove_rec(9)
• eventfs_remove_dir(9)
• eventfs_remove_events_dir(9)

source/version: ./fs/tracefs · date: October 2026 — mwah bestie, go slay 💅🫶