v9fs_dentry_release(9)

💅 v9fs_dentry_release(9) 💅

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — this entry is v9fs_dentry_release(9) and it's giving “tiny but important.” No cap. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

v9fs_dentry_release — the function that gets called when the dentry is going to be freed. literally that's the whole name moment. 🦋

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

the signature is right here, character for character, don't @ me:

void v9fs_dentry_release (struct dentry *dentry );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dentry — the dentry that is being released. yep, that's the one getting released. 💅

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

if you're doing the little rabbit hole, the page points at the kernel file ./fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c and these related pages, iykyk:

• v9fs_ndentry_is_expired(9)
• v9fs_ndentry_refresh_timeout(9)
• v9fs_cached_dentry_delete(9)
• v9fs_dentry_fid_remove(9)
• v9fs_dentry_init(9)

and that's the whole page, bestie — iconic, concise, done. this one came from ./fs/9p and is dated October 2026, so mwah 💋✨