d_alloc_pseudo(9)

d_alloc_pseudo9

Allocate a dentry (for lookup-less filesystems)

Usage

struct dentry * d_alloc_pseudo(struct super_block * sb, const struct qstr * name);

Arguments

sb

the superblock

name

qstr of the name

Overview

For a filesystem that just pins its dentries in memory and never performs lookups at all, return an unhashed IS_ROOT dentry.

Releases

2 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 8
  2. 9

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.