v9fs_remove(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 v9fs_remove(9) — bestie edition 💖

Okay so real quick context: this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and today's main character is v9fs_remove(9) — the little helper function in the kernel that handles taking files and directories out of the picture. Yes, that kind of remove. Buckle up 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

v9fs_remove — the helper function that removes files and directories. That's literally its whole job and it does it slayfully 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int v9fs_remove (struct inode *dir , struct dentry *dentry , int flags
);

That's the whole signature — int going in, int coming out, three arguments in the middle doing all the work. No cap 🫶

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

Here's the breakdown, one by one, because we do not skip details in this house:

  • dir — the directory inode that is being deleted. Yeah, the inode of the directory itself. Keep your eyes on it 👀
  • dentry — the dentry that is being deleted. That's your dentry right there, getting removed. Iconic behaviour honestly.
  • flags — removing a directory. That's the flag situation — it's the one carrying the "we're removing a directory" info. Periodt.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Bestie, there is a whole friend group here and I'm obsessed. First off, the kernel file itself: ./fs/9p/vfs_inode.c — that's where the magic lives, go say hi 🧚

And then the extended crew, all of them, in the order the page gives them (do not come for me, this is the lineup):

Twenty-five whole cross-references. That's a full group chat right there and every single one of them is relevant, iykyk 🔥

Lowkey a reminder: this page only tells you what v9fs_remove is and what its arguments are. It is not out here handing out tutorials or describing return values beyond that int. Don't be out here inventing lore 🙈

🌈 That's the whole page, bestie — none of the details got left on read. This one's straight out of ./fs/9p, dated October 2026, and it's giving kernel documentation with main character energy. Mwah 💋✨

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