D_VALIDATE

Section: (9)
Updated: 09 April 2004
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NAME

d_validate - verify dentry provided from insecure source  

SYNOPSIS

int d_validate (struct dentry * dentry, struct dentry * dparent);  

ARGUMENTS

dentry
The dentry alleged to be valid child of dparent
dparent
The parent dentry (known to be valid)
 

DESCRIPTION

An insecure source has sent us a dentry, here we verify it and dget it. This is used by ncpfs in its readdir implementation. Zero is returned in the dentry is invalid.  

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