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.TH "D_VALIDATE" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
d_validate \- verify dentry provided from insecure source
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
.sp
\fB
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int d_validate  (struct dentry * \fIdentry\fB, struct dentry * \fIdparent\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIdentry\fB\fR
The dentry alleged to be valid child of \fIdparent\fR
.TP
\fB\fIdparent\fB\fR
The parent dentry (known to be valid)
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
An insecure source has sent us a dentry, here we verify it and \fBdget\fR it.
This is used by ncpfs in its readdir implementation.
Zero is returned in the dentry is invalid.