nfs_clear_invalid_mapping(9)

💖 NAME 💖

nfs_clear_invalid_mapping — conditionally clear a mapping. yes bestie, this is the nfs_clear_invalid_mapping(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ and it's literally here to handle one very specific “if flag, then clear” situation.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int nfs_clear_invalid_mapping (struct address_space *mapping );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• mapping — pointer to mapping. that's the whole argument, bestie: a pointer to mapping.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

If the NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA inode flag is set, clear the mapping. that's the condition, periodt. the page gives one rule and one rule only, and this is it 💅

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

Kernel file ./fs/nfs/inode.c is in the mix too, plus this whole squad:

• nfs_sync_mapping(9)
• nfs_vmtruncate(9)
• nfs_setattr_update_inode(9)
• nfs_close_context(9)
• nfs_revalidate_inode(9)
• nfs_revalidate_mapping(9)
• nfs_check_inode_attributes(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)

okay that's the whole page 💖 source/version is ./fs/nfs, the date is October 2026, and it's the nfs_clear_invalid_mapping(9) page. bye bestie 🫶