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.TH "NTFS_GET_PARENT" "9" "09 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
ntfs_get_parent \- find the dentry of the parent of a given directory dentry
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
.sp
\fB
.sp
struct dentry * ntfs_get_parent  (struct dentry * \fIchild_dent\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIchild_dent\fB\fR
dentry of the directory whose parent directory to find
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Find the dentry for the parent directory of the directory specified by the
dentry \fIchild_dent\fR\&.  This function is called from
fs/exportfs/expfs.c::\fBfind_exported_dentry\fR which in turn is called from the
default ->\fBdecode_fh\fR which is \fBexport_decode_fh\fR in the same file.
.PP
The code is based on the ext3 ->\fBget_parent\fR implementation found in
fs/ext3/namei.c::\fBext3_get_parent\fR\&.
.SH "NOTE"
.PP
\fBntfs_get_parent\fR is called with \fIchild_dent\fR->d_inode->i_sem down.
.PP
Return the dentry of the parent directory on success or the error code on
error (\fBIS_ERR\fR is true).