v9fs_vfs_create_dotl(9)

💅 v9fs_vfs_create_dotl(9) — Kernel API Manual

okay so bestie, this is the Kernel API Manual page for v9fs_vfs_create_dotl(9), and it's literally the VFS hook to create files for the 9P2000.L protocol. it's giving kernel-internals main character energy, no cap. 🫶✨

✨ NAME ✨

v9fs_vfs_create_dotl — VFS hook to create files for 9P2000.L protocol.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

The signature is exactly this — no vibes-based edits, bestie:

int v9fs_vfs_create_dotl (struct mnt_idmap *idmap , struct inode *dir ,
       struct dentry *dentry , umode_t omode );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

Here's the cast, one by one:

• idmap — The user namespace of the mount.
• dir — directory inode that is being created.
• dentry — dentry that is being deleted.
• omode — create permissions.

Not me just relaying the dir and dentry descriptions exactly as the page says them 💀 — yes, the page really says dentry is "that is being deleted." I'm not editing the source, I'm just the messenger. 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Lowkey go read the kernel file ./fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c, and then check these other pages — they're the friend group:

• v9fs_get_fsgid_for_create(9)
• v9fs_open_to_dotl_flags(9)
• v9fs_vfs_mkdir_dotl(9)
• v9fs_vfs_setattr_dotl(9)
• v9fs_stat2inode_dotl(9)
• v9fs_vfs_link_dotl(9)
• v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl(9)
• v9fs_vfs_get_link_nocache_dotl(9)
• v9fs_vfs_get_link_dotl(9)

🫶 cute little sign-off: this page is sourced from ./fs/9p, dated October 2026, and it's the v9fs_vfs_create_dotl(9) Kernel API Manual entry. you made it to the end — slay, periodt. 💖