sysfs_create_link_nowarn(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so quick vibe check: this is a page about sysfs_create_link_nowarn, from the kernel API manual, and honestly it's a short one but we're gonna make it iconic 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

sysfs_create_link_nowarn — create symlink between two objects. that's it. that's the whole thing. two objects, one link, zero drama 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

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

it returns an int, bestie. keep that in mind. 👑

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • kobj — object whose directory we're creating the link in. so like… this is the where. the link lives in this one's directory, no cap 📁
  • target — object we're pointing to. this is the who, the main character being linked at, the one everyone's pointing at 💖
  • name — name of the symlink. literally just what you're gonna call it. pick something cute (or don't, it's a kernel symbol name, we don't judge) ✨

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so real talk: this function does the exact same thing as sysfs_create_link, okay? identical behaviour, same energy, same everything — except it doesn't warn if the link already exists. that's the whole twist 🔥

no warning, no noise, no "bestie we've been here before" message. it just… doesn't warn. that's the nowarn part. iykyk 💀

lowkey important: the description says it does the same as sysfs_create_link but doesn't warn if the link already exists — and that's genuinely all the source tells us, so don't go reading extra behaviour into it 🙈

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

like, the whole symlink friend group. go say hi to all of them 💜

okay that's the page!! big slay to ./fs/sysfs for hosting this, October 2026 edition, and shoutout to the kernel API manual for the source + version deets 🍓 see you in the next man page, bestie 🌸🫶

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