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.\"      Date: June 2017
.\"    Manual: The Linux VFS
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.11.3
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.TH "CLEAR_NLINK" "9" "June 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.11\&" "The Linux VFS"
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.SH "NAME"
clear_nlink \- directly zero an inode\*(Aqs link count
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'void\ clear_nlink('u
.BI "void clear_nlink(struct\ inode\ *\ " "inode" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIstruct inode * inode\fR
.RS 4
inode
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This is a low\-level filesystem helper to replace any direct filesystem manipulation of i_nlink\&. See
\fBdrop_nlink\fR
for why we care about i_nlink hitting zero\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br