vfs_open(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 vfs_open(9) — Kernel API Manual 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to vfs_open(9) from the Kernel API Manual — it's literally the page about opening the file at the given path. no cap. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

vfs_open — open the file at the given path. that's the whole assignment, and it ate. 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int vfs_open (const struct path *path , struct file *file );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

  • path — path to open, bestie. that's the one. 🐛
  • file — newly allocated file with f_flag initialized. yes, f_flag is already set up — iconic. ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./fs/open.c is right here in the mix, and the see-also besties are:

💖 mwah, bestie — source/version ./fs, date October 2026, manual vfs_open(9). that's the whole page. periodt. 🫶

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