sysfs_create_link(9)

💖 sysfs_create_link 💖

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the function we're stanning is sysfs_create_link(9) — it's giving matchmaker energy fr fr ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

sysfs_create_link — creates a symlink between two objects. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int sysfs_create_link (struct kobject *kobj , struct kobject *target ,
       const char *name );

like, look at her. iconic signature. no notes 💅

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• kobj — the object whose directory we're creating the link in. think of it as the host of the link, the one whose folder gets the new lil shortcut dropped inside 🫶
• target — the object we're pointing to. the main character the symlink is gonna be obsessed with 🌟
• name — the name of the symlink. yep, you literally just pick what it's called. name her whatever, she's yours 😭🎀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./fs/sysfs/symlink.c — go read the source bestie, it's right there 💜

and the whole friend group:

• sysfs_create_link_sd(9)
• sysfs_create_link_nowarn(9)
• sysfs_delete_link(9)
• sysfs_remove_link(9)
• sysfs_rename_link_ns(9)

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ok that's the whole page, no cap. short and slay. go forth and make links 💅✨

mwah 💋 — this one came from ./fs/sysfs, dated October 2026, and it's filed under sysfs_create_link(9). catch you in the next manpage bestie 🦋🌸