.TH "try_modload" 9 "try_modload" "25 May 1998" "Kernel Hacker's Manual" LINUX
.SH NAME
try_modload \-  Notify devfsd of an inode lookup by a non-devfsd process.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "int" try_modload
.BI "(struct devfs_entry *" parent ","
.BI "struct fs_info *" fs_info ","
.BI "const char *" name ","
.BI "unsigned " namelen ","
.BI "struct devfs_entry *" buf ");"
.SH ARGUMENTS
.IP "parent" 12
 The parent devfs entry.
.IP "fs_info" 12
 The filesystem info.
.IP "name" 12
 The device name.
.IP "namelen" 12
 The number of characters in \fIname\fP.
.IP "buf" 12
 A working area that will be used. This must not go out of scope
until devfsd is idle again.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Returns 0 on success (event was queued), else a negative error code.