vfs_fileattr_get(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 vfs_fileattr_get(9) — like, the kernel API manual bestie ✨

okay so you're reading the vfs_fileattr_get(9) page from the Kernel API Manual? iconic. sit down, grab a strawberry, we're getting into file attributes 🍓

🌸 NAME 🌸

vfs_fileattr_get — retrieve miscellaneous file attributes. that's it. that's the whole vibe check: it gets the attributes. miscellaneous ones. the little extras. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int vfs_fileattr_get (struct dentry *dentry , struct file_kattr *fa );

look at her. two args, returns an int. she's lowkey elegant ngl 🦋

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • dentry — the object to retrieve from. this is the thing you're pulling the attributes out of, bestie 🫶
  • fa — fileattr pointer. this is where the attributes land. it's the vessel. the container. the little tupperware of file attributes 🙈

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so here's the tea ☕ — vfs_fileattr_get calls the i_op->fileattr_get callback, if it exists.

that's the whole description. no cap, that's genuinely it. it's giving "short and sweet" and honestly? we stan a concise icon 👑

the "if it exists" part is doing a LOT of work there — so like, keep that in mind, bestie: the callback is the whole assignment, and it only happens when there's a callback to call 💖

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 on success 🎉
  • or a negative error on failure 😭

periot. no ambiguity. numbers don't lie fr fr.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read these next, bestie, they're all in the kernel file ./fs/file_attr.c:

like, vfs_fileattr_set(9) is literally her sibling — get and set, the duo of the century 💜 and yes, it's all hanging out in ./fs/file_attr.c, iykyk ✨

and that's the page!! 🧚💖 this one lives under ./fs, dated October 2026 — mwah, go slay your file attributes bestie, mwah 💋🌸

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