d_alloc

Name

d_alloc --  allocate a dcache entry

Synopsis

struct dentry * d_alloc (struct dentry * parent, const struct qstr * name);

Arguments

parent

parent of entry to allocate

name

qstr of the name

Description

Allocates a dentry. It returns NULL if there is insufficient memory available. On a success the dentry is returned. The name passed in is copied and the copy passed in may be reused after this call.