ocfs2_prepare_orphan_dir(9)

✨ ocfs2_prepare_orphan_dir(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to this lil' corner of the Kernel API Manual — we're talking about ocfs2_prepare_orphan_dir(9), and it's literally the setup step for putting an orphan into an orphan directory. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

ocfs2_prepare_orphan_dir — prepare an orphan directory for insertion of an orphan. No cap, that's the whole vibe: prep the dir, then the orphan can go in. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ocfs2_prepare_orphan_dir (struct ocfs2_super *osb , struct inode
**ret_orphan_dir , u64 blkno , char *name , struct
ocfs2_dir_lookup_result *lookup , bool dio );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• osb — ocfs2 file system. That's the fs context, bestie. 💖
• ret_orphan_dir — Orphan dir inode - returned locked! 🔒 Like, it comes back to you already locked, okay?
• blkno — Actual block number of the inode to be inserted into orphan dir. The real block number, not a vibe. ⭐
• name — Buffer to store the name of the orphan. Gotta have somewhere to put the name. 🎀
• lookup — dir lookup result, to be passed back into functions like ocfs2_orphan_add. Keep it and pass it along, iykyk. 🦋
• dio — Flag indicating if direct IO is being used or not. Direct IO: yes or no, that's the flag. 💅

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Returns zero on success and the ret_orphan_dir, name and lookup fields will be populated. Slay — zero means success, and those fields get filled in. ✨

Returns non-zero on failure. So if it's not zero, it's giving failure, bestie. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./fs/ocfs2/namei.c
• ocfs2_prep_new_orphaned_file(9)

xoxo, your Unix bestie 💖 — source/version: ./fs/ocfs2, date: October 2026, page: ocfs2_prepare_orphan_dir(9). periodt. 👑