nfs_save_change_attribute(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to the nfs_save_change_attribute(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — this one is short but iconic 💅

nfs_save_change_attribute Returns the inode attribute change cookie 🍪

the @dir arg is a pointer to parent directory inode.

the "cache change attribute" gets updated when we need to revalidate our dentry cache after a directory was seen to change on the server. that's the whole vibe, no cap ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

catch the signature, character for character:

unsigned long nfs_save_change_attribute (struct inode *dir );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dir — the manpage literally says undescribed and nothing else 😭 that's it, that's the whole entry, bestie 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./include/linux/nfs_fs.h — go peek, iykyk 👀

mwah 💋 — this cutie lives under ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it's the nfs_save_change_attribute(9) manual, periodt 🫶👑