v9fs_vfs_unlink(9)

💅 v9fs_vfs_unlink(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this page is all about v9fs_vfs_unlink, the VFS unlink hook that deletes an inode. it's giving kernel-internals main character energy, and we're gonna read it together. 🎀

💖 NAME 💖

v9fs_vfs_unlink — VFS unlink hook to delete an inode.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int v9fs_vfs_unlink (struct inode *i , struct dentry *d );

that's the exact signature, no cap. it returns an int. 🔥

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• i — inode that is being unlinked. yes, that inode. literally the one getting unlinked. 💅
• d — dentry that is being unlinked. the dentry bestie, also being unlinked. 🫶

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the Kernel file ./fs/9p/vfs_inode.c is the source bestie for this whole friend group, and the references are:

• 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_rmdir(9)
• v9fs_vfs_rename(9)
• v9fs_vfs_getattr(9)
• v9fs_vfs_setattr(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)

xoxo, your Unix bestie 💖 — source/version: ./fs/9p · date: October 2026 · page: v9fs_vfs_unlink(9). periodt.