include/linux/anon_inodes.h

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

include/linux/anon_inodes.h

Extension

.h

Size

1021 bytes

Lines

36

Domain

Core OS

Bucket

Core Kernel Interface

Inferred role

Core OS: operation-table or driver-model contract

Status

pattern implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

• Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
• Defines an operation table; this is where Linux turns generic core objects into subsystem-specific behavior.
• Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.

Dependency Surface

• linux/types.h

Detected Declarations

• struct file_operations
• struct inode

Annotated Snippet

struct file_operations;
struct inode;

struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
				const struct file_operations *fops,
				void *priv, int flags);
struct file *anon_inode_getfile_fmode(const char *name,
				const struct file_operations *fops,
				void *priv, int flags, fmode_t f_mode);
struct file *anon_inode_create_getfile(const char *name,
				       const struct file_operations *fops,
				       void *priv, int flags,
				       const struct inode *context_inode);
int anon_inode_getfd(const char *name, const struct file_operations *fops,
		     void *priv, int flags);
int anon_inode_create_getfd(const char *name,
			    const struct file_operations *fops,
			    void *priv, int flags,
			    const struct inode *context_inode);

#endif /* _LINUX_ANON_INODES_H */

Annotation

• Immediate include surface: `linux/types.h`.
• Detected declarations: `struct file_operations`, `struct inode`.
• Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
• Implementation status: pattern implementation candidate.

Implementation Notes

• This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
• Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
• Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.