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.TH "IFIND_FAST" "9" "09 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
ifind_fast \- internal function, you want ilookup or iget.
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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\fB
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struct inode * ifind_fast  (struct super_block * \fIsb\fB, struct hlist_head * \fIhead\fB, unsigned long \fIino\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIsb\fB\fR
super block of file system to search
.TP
\fB\fIhead\fB\fR
head of the list to search
.TP
\fB\fIino\fB\fR
inode number to search for
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBifind_fast\fR searches for the inode \fIino\fR in the inode cache. This is for
file systems where the inode number is sufficient for unique identification
of an inode.
.PP
If the inode is in the cache, the inode is returned with an incremented
reference count.
.PP
Otherwise NULL is returned.