nilfs_dat_read(9)

✨ NAME ✨

nilfs_dat_read(9) from the Kernel API Manual is literally here to read or get a dat inode, bestie. That's the vibe. 🫶💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

Okay so the signature is giving:

int nilfs_dat_read (struct super_block *sb , size_t entry_size , struct
       nilfs_inode *raw_inode , struct inode **inodep );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• sb — super block instance, the main character 👑
• entry_size — size of a dat entry, no cap 📏
• raw_inode — on-disk dat inode, iconic 🍓
• inodep — buffer to store the inode, literally where it goes 🎀

🔥 RETURN 🔥

0 on success, or a negative error code on failure. That's the whole story — slay when it works, negative error code when it doesn't. ✅💀

💫 SEE ALSO 💫

Kernel file ./fs/nilfs2/dat.c — struct nilfs_dat_info(9), nilfs_dat_mark_dirty(9), nilfs_dat_freev(9), nilfs_dat_move(9), nilfs_dat_translate(9). Go read the whole friend group, iykyk 🌈✨

Source/version: ./fs/nilfs2 · Date: October 2026 — that's the cute sign-off, bestie, periodt. 💜🎀