d_backing_dentry9
Get upper or lower dentry we should be using
Usage
struct dentry * d_backing_dentry(struct dentry * upper);
Arguments
upper
The upper layer
Overview
This is the helper that should be used to get the dentry of the inode that will be used if this dentry were opened as a file. It may be the upper dentry or it may be a lower dentry pinned by the upper.
Normal filesystems should not use this to access their own dentries.
Releases
2 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 1 time.