pack_inode(9)

✨ pack_inode(9) ✨

okay so real talk, this one's from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally the pack_inode page — yes she's a section 9 function, yes she's serving kernel-internals realness 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

pack_inode — pack an inode node 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void pack_inode (struct ubifs_info *c , struct ubifs_ino_node *ino ,
const struct inode *inode , int last );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• c — the UBIFS file-system description object, your whole vibe reference for this filesystem, no cap
• ino — the buffer where you're gonna pack the inode node, bestie
• inode — the inode that's getting packed, she's the main character here
• last — tells you if this is the last node of the group 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

also go check out the Kernel file ./fs/ubifs/journal.c and all these iconique friends:

• zero_ino_node_unused(9)
• zero_dent_node_unused(9)
• zero_trun_node_unused(9)
• reserve_space(9)
• write_head(9)
• __queue_and_wait(9)
• wait_for_reservation(9)
• wake_up_reservation(9)
• add_or_start_queue(9)
• make_reservation(9)
• release_head(9)
• finish_reservation(9)
• get_dent_type(9)
• mark_inode_clean(9)
• ubifs_jnl_update(9)
• ubifs_jnl_write_data(9)
• ubifs_jnl_write_inode(9)
• ubifs_jnl_delete_inode(9)
• ubifs_jnl_xrename(9)
• ubifs_jnl_rename(9)
• truncate_data_node(9)
• ubifs_jnl_truncate(9)
• ubifs_jnl_delete_xattr(9)
• ubifs_jnl_change_xattr(9)

omg okay that's the whole page 💜 tysm for reading, she's short but she ate ✨

./fs/ubifs · October 2026 · pack_inode(9) — mwah, see u in the next manpage bestie 🌈🦋🍓