nfs_refresh_inode(9)

🦋 nfs_refresh_inode(9) — Kernel API Manual 🦋

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual corner of the group chat 💅 this one is short, sweet, and lowkey iconic.

🌸 NAME 🌸

nfs_refresh_inode — try to update the inode attribute cache ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• inode — pointer to inode 🫶 literally the inode in question
• fattr — updated attributes 💖 the fresh attr energy

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

okay so here's the whole vibe: nfs_refresh_inode checks that an RPC call that returned attributes has not overlapped with other recent updates of the inode metadata. then it decides whether it's safe to do a full update of the inode attributes, or whether to just call nfs_check_inode_attributes. that's the plot, no cap 👑

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./fs/nfs/inode.c is right there in the mix, bestie:

• 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_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_post_op_update_inode(9)
• nfs_post_op_update_inode_force_wcc_locked(9)
• nfs_post_op_update_inode_force_wcc(9)

mwah 💋 cute lil sign-off: this page's source/version is ./fs/nfs, it's dated October 2026, and the manual page is nfs_refresh_inode(9). periodt 🎀