D_INSTANTIATE(9) The Linux VFS D_INSTANTIATE(9)NAMEd_instantiate - fill in inode information for a dentry
SYNOPSIS
void d_instantiate(struct dentry * entry, struct inode * inode);
ARGUMENTS
entry
dentry to complete
inode
inode to attach to this dentry
DESCRIPTION
Fill in inode information in the entry.
This turns negative dentries into productive full members of society.
NOTE! This assumes that the inode count has been incremented (or
otherwise set) by the caller to indicate that it is now in use by the
dcache.
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