v9fs_file_flock_dotl(9)

💅 v9fs_file_flock_dotl(9)

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and bestie, it's a short one — we're locking a file, that's the whole vibe 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

v9fs_file_flock_dotl — lock a file 🔒

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int v9fs_file_flock_dotl (struct file *filp , int cmd , struct file_lock
*fl );

like, that's the whole signature, no cap ✨

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• filp — the file that's getting locked 🔒 literally the main character here
• cmd — the lock command, aka what you want done 👑
• fl — the file lock structure, where all the lock deets live 💖

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

Kernel file ./fs/9p/vfs_file.c, plus these icons 🫶:

• v9fs_file_open(9)
• v9fs_file_lock(9)
• v9fs_file_lock_dotl(9)
• v9fs_file_read_iter(9)
• v9fs_file_write_iter(9)

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ngl this one's tiny — three args, one job, zero drama 💀 go read the friends above if you want the full lore iykyk

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🌸 this came out of ./fs/9p back in October 2026, so yeah — vintage. slay 💅✨