simple_xattr_alloc(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ simple_xattr_alloc(9) ✨

Okay bestie, welcome to the brain-meltingly iconic Kernel API Manual entry for simple_xattr_alloc 🎀 this one's short and sweet and honestly kind of a slay.

🌸 NAME 🌸

simple_xattr_alloc — allocate a new xattr object 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct simple_xattr * simple_xattr_alloc (const void *value , size_t size );

Like, that's the whole signature. Copy it exactly, no cap. ✨

🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

  • value — the value of the xattr object. Yeah, that value. The actual payload.
  • size — the size of value. Gotta tell it how big, obviously 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So what it does is: allocate a new xattr object and initialize the respective members. That's it, that's the function. ✨

⚠️ But listen — the caller is responsible for handling the name of the xattr. Not this function. You. You handle the name. Don't forget and then come crying to me 😭

👑 RETURN 👑

  • A new xattr object on success 🎉
  • NULL if value is NULL 🙈
  • ERR_PTR on failure 💀

Three outcomes, three vibes. Check your return value, bestie, fr fr.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./fs/xattr.c, plus the whole friend group:

Like a whole little xattr squad 🧚💜

Mwah 💋 thanks for reading, this page lives in ./fs and it's dated October 2026 — go forth and allocate responsibly, icon 🎀✨

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