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.\"      Date: September 2017
.\"    Manual: The Linux VFS
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.12.13
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.TH "REGISTER_FILESYSTEM" "9" "September 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.12\&" "The Linux VFS"
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.SH "NAME"
register_filesystem \- register a new filesystem
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ register_filesystem('u
.BI "int register_filesystem(struct\ file_system_type\ *\ " "fs" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIstruct file_system_type * fs\fR
.RS 4
the file system structure
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Adds the file system passed to the list of file systems the kernel is aware of for mount and other syscalls\&. Returns 0 on success, or a negative errno code on an error\&.
.PP
The
struct file_system_type
that is passed is linked into the kernel structures and must not be freed until the file system has been unregistered\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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