v9fs_evict_inode(9)

💅 v9fs_evict_inode(9) — bestie's guide to yeeting an inode

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and yes it's a short one, but it's lowkey important so pay attention 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

v9fs_evict_inode — Remove an inode from the inode cache

like, it's the eviction notice for an inode. it's gotta go 🚪✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void v9fs_evict_inode (struct inode *inode );

that's it. that's the whole signature. no return value, it's giving void and unbothered 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• inode — inode to release. that's the one you're letting go of, bestie 🦋

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

first up, the source file it lives in:

• Kernel file ./fs/9p/vfs_inode.c

and now the whole friend group, no cap, every single one 👑

• unixmode2p9mode(9)
• p9mode2perm(9)
• p9mode2unixmode(9)
• v9fs_uflags2omode(9)
• v9fs_blank_wstat(9)
• v9fs_alloc_inode(9)
• v9fs_free_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)

like, the whole 9p squad showed up. iykyk 💀

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ngl there's not a lot here, but that's fine — some icons keep it short and mysterious. main character energy, periodt. ⭐

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okay that's the whole page!! 💖 this one came out of ./fs/9p and it's dated October 2026, so go forth and evict those inodes responsibly, bestie — mwah 🧚✨🎀