sysfs_remove_link – remove symlink in object’s directory. Synopsis void sysfs_remove_link(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name); Arguments kobj object we’re acting for. name name of the symlink to remove. Copyright
sysfs_remove_file_ns – remove an object attribute with a custom ns tag Synopsis void sysfs_remove_file_ns(struct kobject *kobj, const struct attribute *attr, const void *ns); Arguments kobj object we’re acting for attr attribute descriptor ns namespace tag of the file to remove Description Hash the attribute name and namespace tag and kill the victim. Copyright
sysfs_remove_file_from_group – remove an attribute file from a group. Synopsis void sysfs_remove_file_from_group(struct kobject *kobj, const struct attribute *attr, const char *group); Arguments kobj object we’re acting for. attr attribute descriptor. group group name. Copyright
sysfs_remove_bin_file – remove binary file for object. Synopsis void sysfs_remove_bin_file(struct kobject *kobj, const struct bin_attribute *attr); Arguments kobj object. attr attribute descriptor. Copyright
sysfs_create_link – create symlink between two objects. Synopsis int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *target, const char *name); Arguments kobj object whose directory we’re creating the link in. target object we’re pointing to. name name of the symlink. Copyright
sysfs_create_file_ns – create an attribute file for an object with custom ns Synopsis int sysfs_create_file_ns(struct kobject *kobj, const struct attribute *attr, const void *ns); Arguments kobj object we’re creating for attr attribute descriptor ns namespace the new file should belong to Copyright
sysfs_create_bin_file – create binary file for object. Synopsis int sysfs_create_bin_file(struct kobject *kobj, const struct bin_attribute *attr); Arguments kobj object. attr attribute descriptor. Copyright
sysfs_chmod_file – update the modified mode value on an object attribute. Synopsis int sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj, const struct attribute *attr, umode_t mode); Arguments kobj object we’re acting for. attr attribute descriptor. mode file permissions. Copyright
sysfs_add_file_to_group – add an attribute file to a pre-existing group. Synopsis int sysfs_add_file_to_group(struct kobject *kobj, const struct attribute *attr, const char *group); Arguments kobj object we’re acting for. attr attribute descriptor. group group name. Copyright
sys_set_robust_list – Set the robust-futex list head of a task Synopsis long sys_set_robust_list(struct robust_list_head __user *head, size_t len); Arguments head pointer to the list-head len length of the list-head, as userspace expects Author Rusty Russell <rusty [at] rustcorp.com.au> Author. Copyright
sys_get_robust_list – Get the robust-futex list head of a task Synopsis long sys_get_robust_list(int pid, struct robust_list_head __user *__user *head_ptr, size_t __user *len_ptr); Arguments pid pid of the process [zero for current task] head_ptr pointer to a list-head pointer, the kernel fills it in len_ptr pointer to a length field, the kernel fills in the header…
sys_flock – flock system call. Synopsis long sys_flock(unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd); Arguments fd the file descriptor to lock. cmd the type of lock to apply. Description Apply a FL_FLOCK style lock to an open file descriptor. The cmd can be one of LOCK_SH — a shared lock. LOCK_EX — an exclusive lock. LOCK_UN…
sys_acct – enable/disable process accounting Synopsis long sys_acct(const char __user *name); Arguments name file name for accounting records or NULL to shutdown accounting Description Returns 0 for success or negative errno values for failure. sys_acct is the only system call needed to implement process accounting. It takes the name of the file where accounting records…
synchronize_net – Synchronize with packet receive processing Synopsis void synchronize_net(void); Arguments void no arguments Description Wait for packets currently being received to be done. Does not block later packets from starting. Copyright
synchronize_irq – wait for pending IRQ handlers (on other CPUs) Synopsis void synchronize_irq(unsigned int irq); Arguments irq interrupt number to wait for Description This function waits for any pending IRQ handlers for this interrupt to complete before returning. If you use this function while holding a resource the IRQ handler may need you will deadlock….
synchronize_hardirq – wait for pending hard IRQ handlers (on other CPUs) Synopsis bool synchronize_hardirq(unsigned int irq); Arguments irq interrupt number to wait for Description This function waits for any pending hard IRQ handlers for this interrupt to complete before returning. If you use this function while holding a resource the IRQ handler may need you will…
sync_mapping_buffers – write out & wait upon a mapping’s “associated” buffers Synopsis int sync_mapping_buffers(struct address_space *mapping); Arguments mapping the mapping which wants those buffers written Description Starts I/O against the buffers at mapping->private_list, and waits upon that I/O. Basically, this is a convenience function for fsync. mapping is a file or directory which needs those…
sync_inodes_sb – sync sb inode pages Synopsis void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb); Arguments sb the superblock Description This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this super_block. Copyright
sync_inode_metadata – write an inode to disk Synopsis int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode *inode, int wait); Arguments inode the inode to sync wait wait for I/O to complete. Description Write an inode to disk and adjust its dirty state after completion. Note only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata. Copyright
sync_inode – write an inode and its pages to disk. Synopsis int sync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc); Arguments inode the inode to sync wbc controls the writeback mode Description sync_inode will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also correctly update the inode on its superblock’s dirty inode lists and will…