unlock_two_nondirectories(9)

💅 unlock_two_nondirectories(9), but make it a vibe ✨

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for unlock_two_nondirectories(9), and yes, the manual name is folded right in here like a little bow. 🎀

🎀 NAME 🎀

• unlock_two_nondirectories — release locks from lock_two_nondirectories()

that’s the whole name line, bestie — short, sweet, and literally about releasing locks. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the exact signature is right here, character for character:

void unlock_two_nondirectories (struct inode *inode1 , struct inode
       *inode2 );

yep, it returns void, so it’s not handing you a return value — it’s just doing the unlock thing. 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• inode1 — first inode to unlock
• inode2 — second inode to unlock

that’s the whole cast: first inode, second inode. no cap. ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./fs/inode.c is the main character here, and then there’s this whole iconic friend group in exactly this order:

• inode_init_always_gfp(9)
• alloc_inode(9)
• drop_nlink(9)
• clear_nlink(9)
• set_nlink(9)
• inc_nlink(9)
• inode_sb_list_add(9)
• __insert_inode_hash(9)
• __remove_inode_hash(9)
• evict_inodes(9)
• new_inode(9)
• unlock_new_inode(9)
• lock_two_nondirectories(9)
• inode_insert5(9)
• iget5_locked(9)
• iget5_locked_rcu(9)
• iget_locked(9)
• iunique(9)
• ihold(9)
• ilookup5_nowait(9)
• ilookup5(9)
• ilookup(9)
• find_inode_nowait(9)
• find_inode_rcu(9)
• find_inode_by_ino_rcu(9)
• iput(9)
• iput_not_last(9)
• bmap(9)
• inode_update_time(9)
• generic_update_time(9)
• atime_needs_update(9)
• file_remove_privs(9)
• current_time(9)
• file_update_time(9)
• file_modified_flags(9)
• file_modified(9)
• kiocb_modified(9)
• inode_init_owner(9)
• inode_owner_or_capable(9)
• inode_dio_wait(9)
• timestamp_truncate(9)
• inode_set_ctime_current(9)
• inode_set_ctime_deleg(9)
• in_group_or_capable(9)
• mode_strip_sgid(9)
• dump_inode(9)

🫶 that’s the page, bestie! source/version is ./fs, dated October 2026. 💖