smb2_get_dos_mode(9)

💅 smb2_get_dos_mode(9) — a little Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, page smb2_get_dos_mode(9). buckle up, this one's short but it's a little icon ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

smb2_get_dos_mode — get file mode in dos format from unix mode 💖

like, it takes your unix-y mode and translates it into the DOS dialect. a whole little translator arc, we love to see it.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int smb2_get_dos_mode (struct kstat *stat , int attribute );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• stat — a kstat that's holding your file mode. it's giving "everything you need is in here already" 👑
• attribute — the attribute flags. yes, plural vibes, it's a flags situation ngl

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

it hands you back the converted dos mode. that's it, that's the whole return, slay 💅

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

okay so this is the part where the manpage just. lists the entire friend group. iykyk. all of these live in the kernel file ./fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c:

• smb2_get_ksmbd_tcon(9)
• smb2_set_err_rsp(9)
• is_smb2_neg_cmd(9)
• is_smb2_rsp(9)
• get_smb2_cmd_val(9)
• set_smb2_rsp_status(9)
• init_smb2_neg_rsp(9)
• smb2_set_rsp_credits(9)
• init_chained_smb2_rsp(9)
• is_chained_smb2_message(9)
• init_smb2_rsp_hdr(9)
• smb2_allocate_rsp_buf(9)
• smb2_check_user_session(9)
• smb2_get_name(9)
• build_rdma_ctx(9)
• smb3_encryption_negotiated(9)
• decode_rdma_ctx(9)
• smb2_handle_negotiate(9)
• smb2_tree_connect(9)
• smb2_create_open_flags(9)
• smb2_tree_disconnect(9)
• smb2_session_logoff(9)
• create_smb2_pipe(9)
• smb2_set_ea(9)
• smb2_open(9)
• smb2_populate_readdir_entry(9)
• buffer_check_err(9)
• smb2_get_ea(9)
• smb2_query_info(9)
• smb2_close_pipe(9)
• smb2_close(9)
• smb2_echo(9)
• smb2_set_info_file(9)
• smb2_set_info(9)
• smb2_read_pipe(9)
• smb2_set_rdma_key(9)
• smb2_prep_rdma_read(9)
• smb2_current_req_len(9)
• check_rdma_desc(9)
• smb2_parse_rdma_write_transform(9)
• smb2_read_rdma(9)
• smb2_read(9)
• smb2_write_pipe(9)
• smb2_write_rdma(9)
• smb2_write(9)
• smb2_flush(9)
• smb2_cancel(9)
• smb2_lock(9)
• smb2_ioctl(9)
• smb20_oplock_break_ack(9)
• smb21_lease_break_ack(9)
• smb2_oplock_break(9)
• smb2_notify(9)
• smb2_is_sign_req(9)
• smb2_check_sign_req(9)
• smb2_get_sign_rsp_iov(9)
• smb2_set_sign_rsp(9)
• smb3_check_sign_req(9)
• smb3_set_sign_rsp(9)
• smb3_preauth_hash_rsp(9)

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ngl the SEE ALSO section ate and left absolutely no crumbs. sixty whole entries. main character energy fr fr 🫶

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mwah, that's the page 💖 it lives under ./fs/smb/server and it's dated October 2026 — so go forth, convert those modes, and remember: the vibe check is immaculate, the dos mode is converted, periodt. 🎀🦋✨