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.\"      Date: May 2018
.\"    Manual: The Linux VFS
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16.56
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.TH "D_MATERIALISE_UNIQUE" "9" "May 2018" "Kernel Hackers Manual 3\&.16\&" "The Linux VFS"
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.SH "NAME"
d_materialise_unique \- introduce an inode into the tree
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'struct\ dentry\ *\ d_materialise_unique('u
.BI "struct dentry * d_materialise_unique(struct\ dentry\ *\ " "dentry" ", struct\ inode\ *\ " "inode" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIdentry\fR
.RS 4
candidate dentry
.RE
.PP
\fIinode\fR
.RS 4
inode to bind to the dentry, to which aliases may be attached
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Introduces an dentry into the tree, substituting an extant disconnected root directory alias in its place if there is one\&. Caller must hold the i_mutex of the parent directory\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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