tracefs_remove(9)

💅 tracefs_remove(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🎀

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the star of the show is tracefs_remove(9). yes it's a kernel function. yes it's a void. no we're not scared. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

tracefs_remove — this one recursively removes a directory. like, the whole tree. gone. no crumbs. 💀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void tracefs_remove (struct dentry *dentry );

that's it. that's the whole signature. one argument, zero return value, maximum main character energy 👑

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• dentry — a pointer to the dentry of the directory that's getting removed. that's the vibe check you gotta pass in 💖

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea, bestie: this function recursively removes a directory tree in tracefs — and when I say recursively I mean it takes the entire tree down with it, not just the top-level folder 🫣

and the little lore drop is that this tree was previously created with a call to another tracefs function — like tracefs_create_file or any of its variants. so basically: you made it with tracefs, you clean it up with tracefs. balanced. as all things should be 🌈

no cap, "recursively" is doing a lot of work in that sentence. everything under that dentry is going bye-bye. 🧚

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• Kernel file ./fs/tracefs/inode.c
• tracefs_create_file(9)
• tracefs_create_dir(9)
• tracefs_create_instance_dir(9)
• tracefs_initialized(9)

go read the source bestie, it's giving essential reading 📚💅

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and that's the page!! sourced from ./fs/tracefs, dated October 2026 — mwah, stan the kernel docs, bye bestie 🎀💜🦋