nfs_async_unlink(9)

💅 nfs_async_unlink(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

okay so picture this: you're in the kernel, you're in the NFS corner of it, and you need to unlink a file but like… later? Not right now? That's literally this function. It's giving "I'll deal with it when I'm ready" main character energy 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

nfs_async_unlink — asynchronous unlinking of a file ✨

Yes, asynchronous. As in, not right this second. As in, the unlink is gonna happen on its own schedule and you're just the one setting it up. Respect the process 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int nfs_async_unlink (struct dentry *dentry , const struct qstr *name );

return type is int, bestie — it hands you back an int and you should absolutely care about what it is 💖

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💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• dentry — parent directory of dentry. yep, you read that right, no cap: the dentry param is described as the parent directory of dentry. that's the bit of lore we're given and we're passing it along verbatim 🫡
• name — name of dentry to unlink. literally just which thing you're unlinking. iconic, no notes 💅

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• nfs_free_unlinkdata(9)
• nfs_async_unlink_done(9)
• nfs_async_unlink_release(9)
• nfs_complete_unlink(9)
• nfs_async_rename_done(9)
• nfs_async_rename_release(9)
• nfs_async_rename(9)
• nfs_sillyrename(9)

and the whole squad lives over in the kernel file ./fs/nfs/unlink.c — go say hi 👋

ngl the number of nfs_async_unlink_* and nfs_async_rename_* siblings here is sending me 😭 it's a whole family reunion up in ./fs/nfs/unlink.c. anyway, go read them, they're fr fr relevant 🧚

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okay that's the whole page, you ate that 💖 the manual name is nfs_async_unlink(9), the source/version line is ./fs/nfs, and the date on this one is October 2026 — so yes, it's from the future, we don't ask questions, periodt ✨🎀🦋