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.TH "IGET_LOCKED" "9" "29 May 2003" "" ""

.SH NAME
iget_locked \- obtain an inode from a mounted file system
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
\fB
.sp
struct inode * iget_locked  (struct super_block * \fIsb\fB, unsigned long \fIino\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIsb\fB\fR
super block of file system
.TP
\fB\fIino\fB\fR
inode number to get
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This is \fBiget\fR without the \fBread_inode\fR portion of \fBget_new_inode_fast\fR.
.PP
\fBiget_locked\fR uses \fBifind_fast\fR to search for the inode specified by \fIino\fR in
the inode cache and if present it is returned with an increased reference
count. This is for file systems where the inode number is sufficient for
unique identification of an inode.
.PP
If the inode is not in cache, \fBget_new_inode_fast\fR is called to allocate a
new inode and this is returned locked, hashed, and with the I_NEW flag set.
The file system gets to fill it in before unlocking it via
\fBunlock_new_inode\fR.
.SH "ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT"
.PP
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute
it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.
.PP
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See the GNU General Public License for more details.
.PP
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
MA 02111-1307 USA
.PP
For more details see the file COPYING in the source
distribution of Linux.
.PP
If you have comments on the formatting of this manpage, then please contact
Michael Still (mikal@stillhq.com).
.PP
This documentation was generated with kernel version 2.5.70.