Name

d_alloc — allocate a dcache entry

Synopsis

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

Arguments

struct dentry * parent

parent of entry to allocate

const struct qstr * 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.