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.\"      Date: June 2017
.\"    Manual: The Linux VFS
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.11.3
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.TH "NEW_INODE" "9" "June 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.11\&" "The Linux VFS"
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.SH "NAME"
new_inode \- obtain an inode
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'struct\ inode\ *\ new_inode('u
.BI "struct inode * new_inode(struct\ super_block\ *\ " "sb" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIstruct super_block * sb\fR
.RS 4
superblock
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Allocates a new inode for given superblock\&. The default gfp_mask for allocations related to inode\->i_mapping is GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE\&. If HIGHMEM pages are unsuitable or it is known that pages allocated for the page cache are not reclaimable or migratable,
\fBmapping_set_gfp_mask\fR
must be called with suitable flags on the newly created inode\*(Aqs mapping
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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