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.TH "D_INSTANTIATE" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
d_instantiate \- fill in inode information for a dentry
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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void d_instantiate  (struct dentry * \fIentry\fB, struct inode * \fIinode\fB);
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIentry\fB\fR
dentry to complete
.TP
\fB\fIinode\fB\fR
inode to attach to this dentry
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Fill in inode information in the entry.
.PP
This turns negative dentries into productive full members
of society.
.PP
NOTE! This assumes that the inode count has been incremented
(or otherwise set) by the caller to indicate that it is now
in use by the dcache.