nfs_mark_del...n_referenced(9)

💅 nfs_mark_delegation_referenced(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition

okay so you're reading a page from the Kernel API Manual and the title got squished into nfs_mark_del...n_referenced(9) because apparently even manpage headers have a character limit 😭 anyway. welcome. sit down. we're learning about one (1) tiny function that does one (1) tiny thing and honestly? it's giving lowkey iconic.

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✨ NAME ✨

nfs_mark_delegation_referenced — the function that sets a delegation's REFERENCED flag 💖

like that's it. that's the whole job. no cap. one flag, one delegation, zero drama.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void nfs_mark_delegation_referenced (struct nfs_delegation *delegation
);

so it returns void, meaning it hands you back literally nothing — not even a status code to gossip about 🙈 — and it takes exactly one argument, a struct nfs_delegation *. periodt.

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• delegation — the delegation to process. that's the whole description. the delegation. the one being processed. main character energy fr fr 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is the part where the page just. keeps going. and going. it's a whole friend group and you're about to be introduced to every single one of them, so buckle up bestie, the delegation source lives in the kernel file ./fs/nfs/delegation.c and here's everyone:

• 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_refresh_delegation_stateid(9)
• nfs4_copy_delegation_stateid(9)
• nfs4_delegation_flush_on_close(9)

twenty-four (24) functions. i counted. that's a group chat and a half 😭💀 every single one of them lives over in ./fs/nfs too, so if you need context, that's your neighborhood 🏡

no warnings, no bugs, no caveats on this one — it sets the REFERENCED flag and minds its own business. a legend. we stan. 🫶

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and that's the page!! signed off from ./fs/nfs, dated October 2026, filed under nfs_mark_del...n_referenced(9) in the Kernel API Manual. go forth and reference those delegations, bestie 🌸💜✨