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What really happens when deleting file [closed]

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Linux Kernel – What does it mean to “put” an inode?

I saw the following comment atop the iput function: To me that sounds like it’s not “putting” anything, but “dropping” it. I’m aware of the drop_inode function, which gets called from iput in some cases, so the usage of the term “put” is even more confusing here. Answer put is common terminology in kernel code for decrementing an object’s reference

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