The Linux Kernel API
<<< Previous		Next >>>

d_alloc

Name

d_alloc -- allocate a dcache entry

Synopsis

struct dentry * d_alloc (struct dentry * parent, const struct qstr * name);

Arguments

parent: parent of entry to allocate
name: qstr of the name

Description

Allocates a dentry. It returns NULL if there is insufficient memory available. On a success the dentry is returned. The name passed in is copied and the copy passed in may be reused after this call.

<<< Previous	Home	Next >>>
shrink_dcache_anon	Up	d_instantiate