ubifs_delete_orphan(9)

💖 NAME 💖

Hiii bestie, this is ubifs_delete_orphan(9) from the Kernel API Manual. Its whole iconic brand? delete an orphan. That's the function, that's the assignment, periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ubifs_delete_orphan (struct ubifs_info *c , ino_t inum );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• c — the UBIFS file-system description object. It's giving filesystem context, bestie.
• inum — the orphan inode number. Literally the number of the orphan inode.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so: delete an orphan. That's the whole vibe. This function is called when an inode is deleted. No cap — inode deletion happens, and this function gets the call. ✨

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

Kernel file ./fs/ubifs/orphan.c — plus the whole linked-up entourage, fr fr:

• ubifs_add_orphan(9)
• ubifs_orphan_start_commit(9)
• avail_orphs(9)
• tot_avail_orphs(9)
• do_write_orph_node(9)
• write_orph_node(9)
• write_orph_nodes(9)
• consolidate(9)
• commit_orphans(9)
• erase_deleted(9)
• ubifs_orphan_end_commit(9)
• ubifs_clear_orphans(9)
• do_kill_orphans(9)
• kill_orphans(9)
• ubifs_mount_orphans(9)

Signing off from ./fs/ubifs, dated October 2026 — this has been ubifs_delete_orphan(9), and honestly? Iconic. 🫶💅✨