include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
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File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 7297 bytes
- Lines
- 194
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- Core Kernel Interface
- Inferred role
- Core OS: implementation source
- Status
- source 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 or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
asm/fcntl.hlinux/openat2.hlinux/types.h
Detected Declarations
struct delegation
Annotated Snippet
struct delegation {
__u32 d_flags; /* Must be 0 */
__u16 d_type; /* F_RDLCK, F_WRLCK, F_UNLCK */
__u16 __pad; /* Must be 0 */
};
/*
* Types of directory notifications that may be requested.
*/
#define DN_ACCESS 0x00000001 /* File accessed */
#define DN_MODIFY 0x00000002 /* File modified */
#define DN_CREATE 0x00000004 /* File created */
#define DN_DELETE 0x00000008 /* File removed */
#define DN_RENAME 0x00000010 /* File renamed */
#define DN_ATTRIB 0x00000020 /* File changed attibutes */
#define DN_MULTISHOT 0x80000000 /* Don't remove notifier */
/* Reserved kernel ranges [-100], [-10000, -40000]. */
#define AT_FDCWD -100 /* Special value for dirfd used to
indicate openat should use the
current working directory. */
/*
* The concept of process and threads in userland and the kernel is a confusing
* one - within the kernel every thread is a 'task' with its own individual PID,
* however from userland's point of view threads are grouped by a single PID,
* which is that of the 'thread group leader', typically the first thread
* spawned.
*
* To cut the Gideon knot, for internal kernel usage, we refer to
* PIDFD_SELF_THREAD to refer to the current thread (or task from a kernel
* perspective), and PIDFD_SELF_THREAD_GROUP to refer to the current thread
* group leader...
*/
#define PIDFD_SELF_THREAD -10000 /* Current thread. */
#define PIDFD_SELF_THREAD_GROUP -10001 /* Current thread group leader. */
#define FD_PIDFS_ROOT -10002 /* Root of the pidfs filesystem */
#define FD_NSFS_ROOT -10003 /* Root of the nsfs filesystem */
#define FD_INVALID -10009 /* Invalid file descriptor: -10000 - EBADF = -10009 */
/* Generic flags for the *at(2) family of syscalls. */
/* Reserved for per-syscall flags 0xff. */
#define AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW 0x100 /* Do not follow symbolic
links. */
/* Reserved for per-syscall flags 0x200 */
#define AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW 0x400 /* Follow symbolic links. */
#define AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT 0x800 /* Suppress terminal automount
traversal. */
#define AT_EMPTY_PATH 0x1000 /* Allow empty relative
pathname to operate on dirfd
directly. */
/*
* These flags are currently statx(2)-specific, but they could be made generic
* in the future and so they should not be used for other per-syscall flags.
*/
#define AT_STATX_SYNC_TYPE 0x6000 /* Type of synchronisation required from statx() */
#define AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT 0x0000 /* - Do whatever stat() does */
#define AT_STATX_FORCE_SYNC 0x2000 /* - Force the attributes to be sync'd with the server */
#define AT_STATX_DONT_SYNC 0x4000 /* - Don't sync attributes with the server */
#define AT_RECURSIVE 0x8000 /* Apply to the entire subtree */
/*
* Per-syscall flags for the *at(2) family of syscalls.
*
* These are flags that are so syscall-specific that a user passing these flags
* to the wrong syscall is so "clearly wrong" that we can safely call such
* usage "undefined behaviour".
*
* For example, the constants AT_REMOVEDIR and AT_EACCESS have the same value.
* AT_EACCESS is meaningful only to faccessat, while AT_REMOVEDIR is meaningful
* only to unlinkat. The two functions do completely different things and
* therefore, the flags can be allowed to overlap. For example, passing
* AT_REMOVEDIR to faccessat would be undefined behavior and thus treating it
* equivalent to AT_EACCESS is valid undefined behavior.
*
* Note for implementers: When picking a new per-syscall AT_* flag, try to
* reuse already existing flags first. This leaves us with as many unused bits
* as possible, so we can use them for generic bits in the future if necessary.
*/
/* Flags for renameat2(2) (must match legacy RENAME_* flags). */
#define AT_RENAME_NOREPLACE 0x0001
#define AT_RENAME_EXCHANGE 0x0002
#define AT_RENAME_WHITEOUT 0x0004
/* Flag for faccessat(2). */
#define AT_EACCESS 0x200 /* Test access permitted for
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `asm/fcntl.h`, `linux/openat2.h`, `linux/types.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct delegation`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
- Implementation status: source 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.