v9fs_cached_dentry_delete(9)

💅 v9fs_cached_dentry_delete(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🎀

okay so real talk, this little function lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's literally the cleanup crew of the 9p dentry world. Let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

v9fs_cached_dentry_delete — the one that gets called when the dentry refcount equals 0 🫶

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

int v9fs_cached_dentry_delete (const struct dentry *dentry );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dentry — the dentry in question 👀 that's the whole vibe, it's just the dentry we're talking about

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖

• v9fs_ndentry_is_expired(9)
• v9fs_ndentry_refresh_timeout(9)
• v9fs_dentry_fid_remove(9)
• v9fs_dentry_init(9)
• v9fs_dentry_release(9)

all five of them, no cap, that's the whole friend group 🧚💖

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lowkey a tiny page but it ate, and every detail is here: one function, one argument, five see-also refs, periodt 💅

okay bye bestie, this one comes from ./fs/9p and it's dated October 2026, and the whole thing is filed under v9fs_cached_dentry_delete(9) — slay, go touch some grass now 🌈🌸