v9fs_vfs_lookup(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💫 v9fs_vfs_lookup — the Kernel API Manual tea, served fresh

okay so bestie, welcome to the v9fs_vfs_lookup(9) page 💖 this is straight out of the Kernel API Manual and it's literally the VFS lookup hook that does the "walk" to a new inode. yes, walk. like it's strutting down the hallway of your filesystem and we're all just watching. slay 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

v9fs_vfs_lookup — the VFS lookup hook that "walks" on over to a brand-new inode 🚶‍♀️💨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct dentry * v9fs_vfs_lookup (struct inode *dir , struct dentry
*dentry , unsigned int flags );

like, look at her. a whole struct dentry * return type. main character energy fr fr 👑

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • dir — the inode that is being walked from. your starting point, your home base, the place you're leaving behind 😭
  • dentry — the dentry that is being walked to? note the question mark, bestie, the original said it with a question mark so we're keeping the question mark 🙈 it's giving "we think so but don't quote me"
  • flags — lookup flags, and ngl they're (unused) here 💀 so you can pass them, they just vibe there, unbothered, iconic

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

you want the whole friend group? because the whole friend group is coming 🫶 this lives in the kernel file ./fs/9p/vfs_inode.c, and here's everyone else in the group chat:

bestie that's twenty-five references and not one of them is getting left out. we do not ghost functions in this house 💅

🌈 and that's the page!! sourced from ./fs/9p, dated October 2026, and honestly? she ate. go walk to that inode, queen — no cap, periodt 💜💖✨

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