v9fs_vfs_rename(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ v9fs_vfs_rename(9) ✨

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally all about v9fs_vfs_rename — the VFS hook that handles renaming an inode 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

v9fs_vfs_rename — the VFS hook to rename an inode. yeah that's it, that's the vibe 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int v9fs_vfs_rename (struct mnt_idmap *idmap , struct inode *old_dir ,
struct dentry *old_dentry , struct inode *new_dir , struct dentry
*new_dentry , unsigned int flags );

like, it returns an int and takes six whole arguments — main character energy fr fr 👑

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

here's the rundown of every single parameter, no cap:

  • idmap — the idmap of the mount 🫶
  • old_dir — the old dir inode, aka where the thing is right now
  • old_dentry — the old dentry, the original name situation
  • new_dir — the new dir inode, where it's headed
  • new_dentry — the new dentry, the glow-up name
  • flags — the RENAME_* flags, the little settings that control the whole operation ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

bestie, there's a whole friend group of related stuff in the kernel file ./fs/9p/vfs_inode.c — here's everyone invited to the group chat 😭:

and that's the whole page, bestie — every option, every arg, every reference, all accounted for ✨

this gem comes from the path ./fs/9p and it's dated October 2026, filed under v9fs_vfs_rename(9) — stay slay, stay renaming, mwah 💖🎀🦋

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