D_ALLOC

Section: (9)
Updated: 29 May 2003
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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.  

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