relay_file_release(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 relay_file_release(9) — Kernel API Manual 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to relay_file_release(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual. this is the manual page for relay_file_release, and yes we're gonna get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

relay_file_release — the release file op for relay files. that's it, that's the whole name section, she's concise 👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int relay_file_release (struct inode *inode , struct file *filp );

like, literally that's the signature. returns an int, takes two pointers, slays 💖

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • inode — the inode. yeah. that's the inode the inode, bestie, she is what she is 🫶
  • filp — the file. the file. iconic, no notes 🌈

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the vibe: relay_file_release decrements the channel refcount, because the filesystem is no longer using it. that's the whole tea ☕ — the filesystem's done with the channel, so the counter goes down by one. one (1) decrement. she's doing her little part for the kernel economy 😌✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./kernel/relay.c, plus the whole relay friend group, fr fr:

💀 reminder babe: this page is Kernel API Manual territory — v9 of the manpage, from ./kernel, dated October 2026, and the page itself is relay_file_release(9). that's the sign-off, mwah 😘💅

stay hydrated, read your manpages, and may your refcounts always balance 🧚‍♀️💖

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