v9fs_vfs_setattr(9)

💅 NAME — v9fs_vfs_setattr ✨

okay so bestie, this is v9fs_vfs_setattr(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the function that sets file metadata. that's the whole vibe. metadata assignment, but make it kernel. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int v9fs_vfs_setattr (struct mnt_idmap *idmap , struct dentry *dentry ,
       struct iattr *iattr );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• idmap — the idmap of the mount, icon behavior only, she's just here to tell you which mount's idmap we're working with 💖
• dentry — the file whose metadata you're setting, main character energy fr fr ✨
• iattr — the metadata assignment structure, like the little envelope carrying the new metadata vibes 🎀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./fs/9p/vfs_inode.c — and bestie, the whole friend group is here:

• unixmode2p9mode(9)
• p9mode2perm(9)
• p9mode2unixmode(9)
• v9fs_uflags2omode(9)
• v9fs_blank_wstat(9)
• v9fs_alloc_inode(9)
• v9fs_free_inode(9)
• v9fs_evict_inode(9)
• v9fs_at_to_dotl_flags(9)
• v9fs_dec_count(9)
• v9fs_remove(9)
• v9fs_create(9)
• v9fs_vfs_create(9)
• v9fs_vfs_mkdir(9)
• v9fs_vfs_lookup(9)
• v9fs_vfs_unlink(9)
• v9fs_vfs_rmdir(9)
• v9fs_vfs_rename(9)
• v9fs_vfs_getattr(9)
• v9fs_stat2inode(9)
• v9fs_vfs_get_link(9)
• v9fs_vfs_mkspecial(9)
• v9fs_vfs_symlink(9)
• v9fs_vfs_link(9)
• v9fs_vfs_mknod(9)

that's the whole page, bestie 💅✨ source/version is ./fs/9p, dated October 2026 — periodt, go set some metadata responsibly 🫶💖