D_VALIDATE
Section: (9)
Updated: 13 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
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The dentry alleged to be valid child of dparent
- dparent
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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.
ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT
This documentation was generated with kernel version 2.6.1.
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