nfsd_symlink(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to nfsd_symlink(9) — it’s giving Kernel API Manual energy ✨ and the vibe is literally “Create a symlink and look up its inode.” No cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

__be32 nfsd_symlink (struct svc_rqst *rqstp , struct svc_fh *fhp , char *fname , int flen , char *path , struct nfsd_attrs *attrs , struct svc_fh *resfhp );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• rqstp — the RPC transaction that’s being executed 🫶
• fhp — the NFS filehandle of the parent directory
• fname — the filename of the new symlink
• flen — the length of fname
• path — the content of the new symlink (NUL-terminated) 🌸
• attrs — the requested attributes of the new object
• resfhp — the NFS filehandle of the new object

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

N.B. After this call _both_ fhp and resfhp need an fh_put. Both bestie. Not one. Both. This is important 💅

Returns nfs_ok on success, or an nfsstat in network byte order.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./fs/nfsd/vfs.c and the whole friend group:

• nfserrno(9)
• nfsd_lookup(9)
• nfsd_setattr(9)
• nfsd4_is_junction(9)
• nfsd_open_verified(9)
• nfsd_splice_read(9)
• nfsd_iter_read(9)
• nfsd_vfs_write(9)
• nfsd_read_splice_ok(9)
• nfsd_read(9)
• nfsd_write(9)
• nfsd_commit(9)
• nfsd_create_setattr(9)
• nfsd_link(9)
• nfsd_rename(9)
• nfsd_unlink(9)
• nfsd_readdir(9)
• nfsd_filp_close(9)
• nfsd_removexattr(9)
• nfsd_get_case_info(9)

xoxo, your kernel bestie 🫶 this page is from ./fs/nfsd, dated October 2026, and it’s the nfsd_symlink(9) manual page. Slay. 💅✨