nfs_check_inode_attributes(9)

okay bestie, welcome to nfs_check_inode_attributes(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💅✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

nfs_check_inode_attributes — verify consistency of the inode attribute cache 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int nfs_check_inode_attributes (struct inode *inode , struct nfs_fattr *fattr );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• inode — pointer to inode 💖
• fattr — updated attributes ✨

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so this function verifies the attribute cache — it's doing a full vibe check on the inode attribute cache to make sure everything is consistent. no cap. 🦋

and if we have just changed the attributes, so that fattr carries weak cache consistency data, then it may also update the ctime/mtime/change_attribute. periodt. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file is ./fs/nfs/inode.c 🧚 and these are the related besties, iykyk:

• nfs_sync_mapping(9)
• nfs_vmtruncate(9)
• nfs_setattr_update_inode(9)
• nfs_close_context(9)
• nfs_revalidate_inode(9)
• nfs_clear_invalid_mapping(9)
• nfs_revalidate_mapping(9)
• nfs_fattr_set_barrier(9)
• nfs_inode_attrs_cmp_generic(9)
• nfs_inode_attrs_cmp_monotonic(9)
• nfs_inode_attrs_cmp_strict_monotonic(9)
• nfs_inode_attrs_cmp(9)
• nfs_inode_finish_partial_attr_update(9)
• nfs_refresh_inode(9)
• nfs_post_op_update_inode(9)
• nfs_post_op_update_inode_force_wcc_locked(9)
• nfs_post_op_update_inode_force_wcc(9)

source/version: ./fs/nfs 🎀 — October 2026 — catch you in nfs_check_inode_attributes(9) 🌈💜