d_materialise_unique(9)

d_materialise_unique9

Introduce an inode into the tree

Usage

struct dentry * d_materialise_unique(struct dentry * dentry, struct inode * inode);

Arguments

dentry

candidate dentry

inode

inode to bind to the dentry, to which aliases may be attached

Overview

Introduces an dentry into the tree, substituting an extant disconnected root directory alias in its place if there is one. Caller must hold the i_mutex of the parent directory.

Releases

5 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8

From linux-manual-3.16 3.16.56-1+deb8u1 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.