drop_nlink9
Directly drop an inode's link count
Usage
void drop_nlink(struct inode * inode);
Arguments
inode
inode
Overview
This is a low-level filesystem helper to replace any direct filesystem manipulation of i_nlink. In cases where we are attempting to track writes to the filesystem, a decrement to zero means an imminent write when the file is truncated and actually unlinked on the filesystem.
Releases
6 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 5 times.