D_INSTANTIATE

Section: The Linux VFS (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

d_instantiate - fill in inode information for a dentry  

SYNOPSIS

void d_instantiate(struct dentry * entry, struct inode * inode);
 

ARGUMENTS

entry

dentry to complete

inode

inode to attach to this dentry
 

DESCRIPTION

Fill in inode information in the entry.

This turns negative dentries into productive full members of society.

NOTE! This assumes that the inode count has been incremented (or otherwise set) by the caller to indicate that it is now in use by the dcache.  

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