unixmode2p9mode(9)

💅 unixmode2p9mode(9) — like, the whole Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to unixmode2p9mode(9), the kernel API page you didn't know you needed 🫶 this is the manual entry, she's living her best life, and we're gonna get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

unixmode2p9mode — convert unix mode bits to plan 9 🦋

like, that's literally her whole job. unix mode bits in, plan 9 out. no cap.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

u32 unixmode2p9mode (struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses , umode_t mode );

she takes v9ses and mode, and she gives you back a u32. that's the vibe. 😭

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• v9ses — v9fs session information 💖 like, the whole session context, bestie.
• mode — mode to convert ✨ the mode. being converted. that's it, that's the argument.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay so this part is long but we do NOT skip, we do not summarise, we list every single one because every reference is iconic in her own way 👑

Kernel file ./fs/9p/vfs_inode.c — and then, in all her glory, the whole friend group:

• p9mode2perm(9)
• p9mode2unixmode(9)
• v9fs_uflags2omode(9)
• v9fs_blank_wstat(9)
• v9fs_alloc_inode(9)
• v9fs_free_inode(9)
• v9fs_evict_inode(9)
• v9fs_at_to_dotl_flags(9)
• v9fs_dec_count(9)
• v9fs_remove(9)
• v9fs_create(9)
• v9fs_vfs_create(9)
• v9fs_vfs_mkdir(9)
• v9fs_vfs_lookup(9)
• v9fs_vfs_unlink(9)
• v9fs_vfs_rmdir(9)
• v9fs_vfs_rename(9)
• v9fs_vfs_getattr(9)
• v9fs_vfs_setattr(9)
• v9fs_stat2inode(9)
• v9fs_vfs_get_link(9)
• v9fs_vfs_mkspecial(9)
• v9fs_vfs_symlink(9)
• v9fs_vfs_link(9)
• v9fs_vfs_mknod(9)

fr fr, every one of them. go read them. or don't. but they're there. 💀

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okay that's the page!! hope this helped bestie, mwah 💋

and a cute little sign-off for the footer energy: this one's sourced from ./fs/9p, dated October 2026, and she goes by unixmode2p9mode(9) 🧚‍♀️🌸 periodt.