ntfs_attr_init_search_ctx(9)

💅 ntfs_attr_init_search_ctx(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for ntfs_attr_init_search_ctx — yes that's a whole mouthful, but it's literally just "get your attribute search context ready to go" energy ✨

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🌸 NAME

ntfs_attr_init_search_ctx — initialize an attribute search context 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS

bool ntfs_attr_init_search_ctx (struct ntfs_attr_search_ctx *ctx ,
struct ntfs_inode *ni , struct mft_record *mrec );

not me writing out three whole params and a bool return 🫶 she returns a bool, no cap.

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💖 ARGUMENTS

• ctx — the attribute search context you're initializing. this is the lil glow-up target, she's getting set up 💅
• ni — the ntfs inode you use to initialize the search context. yes, inode. icon behavior 👑
• mrec — the mft record you use to initialize the search context. that's MFT as in Master File Table, iykyk 🔥

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✨ DESCRIPTION

Initialize the attribute search context ctx with ni and mrec. that's it, that's the whole vibe — you hand her the context, the inode and the mft record, and she comes back initialized, fr fr 🌈

literally just:

ntfs_attr_init_search_ctx(ctx, ni, mrec);

and boom, context is ready 🧚

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🔍 SEE ALSO

• Kernel file ./fs/ntfs/attrib.c — go read it, bestie, it's giving source of truth 📖⭐

ngl if something goes sideways, ./fs/ntfs/attrib.c is where you wanna be looking first 💀

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and that's the page! mwah 💋 this one's from ./fs/ntfs, dated October 2026 — go off, kernel devs, slay 🎀💖