v9fs_ndentry_is_expired(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to v9fs_ndentry_is_expired(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💅 this iconic little function is literally here to check if a negative dentry lookup has expired ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

bool v9fs_ndentry_is_expired (struct dentry const *dentry );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dentry — dentry in question 👀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

This should be called to know if a negative dentry should be removed from cache 🫶 that's the whole assignment, no cap. if you're wondering whether that negative dentry needs to leave the cache, this is the function you call 💅✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file is ./fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c, and the whole friend group is right here:

• v9fs_ndentry_refresh_timeout(9)
• v9fs_cached_dentry_delete(9)
• v9fs_dentry_fid_remove(9)
• v9fs_dentry_init(9)
• v9fs_dentry_release(9)

mwah 💋 this page came from ./fs/9p, dated October 2026, and it's v9fs_ndentry_is_expired(9) — bye bestie 🫶💖