xattr_handler_can_list(9)

💜 xattr_handler_can_list — check whether xattr can be listed 💜

okay so this one is from the Kernel API Manual, bestie — it's a lil' function that does one tiny job and does it slayfully. let's get into it ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

xattr_handler_can_list — check whether xattr can be listed 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool xattr_handler_can_list (const struct xattr_handler *handler ,
struct dentry *dentry );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• handler — the handler for this type of xattr, iykyk 💅
• dentry — the dentry whose inode xattr we're trying to list 🫶

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so basically: it determines whether the xattr associated with dentry can be listed, given handler. that's the whole vibe check. no cap, that's it 🔥

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

true if the xattr can be listed, false if not. periodt. 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./include/linux/xattr.h — go read it, it's giving main character energy fr fr 🧚

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lowkey a reminder bestie: this page lives in the ./include/linux era, dated October 2026, and it's from the Kernel API Manual 💖 go off, you understood the assignment 🎀✨💜