v9fs_vfs_getattr(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, this is <v9fs_vfs_getattr(9)> from the Kernel API Manual — the page about retrieving file metadata, and it's giving main character energy ✨💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

v9fs_vfs_getattr — retrieve file metadata. That's the assignment, and it ate. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int v9fs_vfs_getattr (struct mnt_idmap *idmap , const struct path *path
       , struct kstat *stat , u32 request_mask , unsigned int flags );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • idmap — idmap of the mount. That's the whole vibe for this one 🫶
  • path — Object to query. The thing you're asking about, bestie 🔍
  • stat — metadata structure to populate. Fill it in, slay 💅
  • request_mask — Mask of STATX_xxx flags indicating the caller's interests. So it's literally the caller saying what they care about 📝
  • flags — AT_STATX_xxx setting. Yep, that setting, no cap ⚙️

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./fs/9p/vfs_inode.c is right here in the mix, plus the whole reference friend group:

okay that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 source/version: ./fs/9p · date: October 2026 · title: v9fs_vfs_getattr(9) — mwah 💋✨

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