D_VALIDATE
Section: (9)
Updated: 09 October 2005
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NAME
d_validate - verify dentry provided from insecure source
SYNOPSIS
"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.
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