Name
d_validate —
verify dentry provided from insecure source
Synopsis
int d_validate ( | struct dentry * | dentry, |
| | struct dentry * | dparent); |
Arguments
dentry
The dentry alleged to be valid child of dparent
dparent
The parent dentry (known to be valid)
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.