nfs4_refres...tion_stateid(9)

💅 nfs4_refresh_delegation_stateid — the Kernel API Manual glow-up ✨

ok so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the main character of this page is nfs4_refresh_delegation_stateid(9). she's a tiny function with a big job and honestly? she ate. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

nfs4_refresh_delegation_stateid — update that delegation stateid seqid 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool nfs4_refresh_delegation_stateid (nfs4_stateid *dst , struct inode
*inode );

she takes two things and returns a bool. no cap, that's the whole signature. 🫶

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🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

• dst — the stateid you wanna refresh, bestie. go off, glow her up ✨
• inode — the inode you're checking against. the vibe check target 💅

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

ok so here's the tea ☕ — this function returns "true" and updates dst->seqid * if the inode had a delegation that matches our delegation stateid. like, it found its match, it's giving soulmate energy 💖

otherwise? "false" gets returned. no match, no update, we move on 😭 periodt.

lowkey an icon: one glance at the inode, either she refreshes the seqid or she simply says no. 🧚‍♀️

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole delegation friend group, fr fr — they all live in the Kernel file ./fs/nfs/delegation.c and honestly the way they all link up is so iconic 👑

• nfs_mark_delegation_referenced(9)
• nfs4_have_delegation(9)
• nfs_inode_reclaim_delegation(9)
• nfs_inode_set_delegation(9)
• nfs_client_return_marked_delegations(9)
• nfs_inode_evict_delegation(9)
• nfs4_inode_return_delegation(9)
• nfs4_inode_set_return_delegation_on_close(9)
• nfs4_inode_return_delegation_on_close(9)
• nfs4_inode_make_writeable(9)
• nfs_expire_all_delegations(9)
• nfs_server_return_all_delegations(9)
• nfs_remove_bad_delegation(9)
• nfs_expire_unreferenced_delegations(9)
• nfs_async_inode_return_delegation(9)
• nfs_delegation_find_inode(9)
• nfs_delegation_mark_reclaim(9)
• nfs_delegation_reap_unclaimed(9)
• nfs_mark_test_expired_all_delegations(9)
• nfs_test_expired_all_delegations(9)
• nfs_reap_expired_delegations(9)
• nfs_delegations_present(9)
• nfs4_copy_delegation_stateid(9)
• nfs4_delegation_flush_on_close(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🌈 this masterpiece lives over in ./fs/nfs, dated October 2026, and she's serving the nfs4_refres...tion_stateid(9) realness from start to finish 💜 mwah 💋