D_VALIDATE
Section: The Linux VFS (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME
d_validate - verify dentry provided from insecure source
SYNOPSIS
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int d_validate(struct dentry * dentry, struct dentry * parent);
ARGUMENTS
dentry
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- The dentry alleged to be valid child of
dparent
parent
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-- undescribed --
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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