vfs_statx(9)

💅 vfs_statx(9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

vfs_statx — bestie, this one gets you the basic attributes and the extra ones by filename 👑✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int vfs_statx (int dfd , struct filename *filename , int flags , struct kstat *stat , u32 request_mask );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dfd — a file descriptor that’s the base dir for a relative filename 🗂️
• filename — the name of the file of interest, aka the main character 👀
• flags — the flags that control the query 🎛️
• stat — the result structure you fill in, periodt 💅
• request_mask — the STATX_xxx flags that show what the caller wants 🙋‍♀️

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so listen: this function is literally a wrapper around vfs_getattr. the main difference? it uses a filename and a base directory to figure out where the file is at 🕵️‍♀️✨

also, the way that AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW works inside flags — it prevents a symlink at the given name from being referenced. no cap, that’s the whole vibe 🚫🔗

0 gets returned on success, and a -ve error code if it’s unsuccessful 😭 that’s the tea.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./fs/stat.c
• fill_mg_cmtime(9)
• generic_fillattr(9)
• generic_fill_statx_attr(9)
• generic_fill_statx_atomic_writes(9)
• vfs_getattr_nosec(9)
• vfs_fstat(9)
• sys_statx(9)

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okurrr that’s the whole page, bestie 🫶 this little icon lives in ./fs, it’s dated October 2026, and it’s literally vfs_statx(9) — slay 💋🎀