FIND_INODE_NUMBER
Section: The Linux VFS (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME
find_inode_number - check for dentry with name
SYNOPSIS
-
ino_t find_inode_number(struct dentry * dir, struct qstr * name);
ARGUMENTS
dir
-
- directory to check
name
-
Name to find.
DESCRIPTION
Check whether a dentry already exists for the given name, and return the inode number if it has an inode. Otherwise 0 is returned.
This routine is used to post-process directory listings for filesystems using synthetic inode numbers, and is necessary to keep
getcwd
working.
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