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.\"    Manual: The Linux VFS
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16.56
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.TH "D_OBTAIN_ALIAS" "9" "May 2018" "Kernel Hackers Manual 3\&.16\&" "The Linux VFS"
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.SH "NAME"
d_obtain_alias \- find or allocate a dentry for a given inode
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'struct\ dentry\ *\ d_obtain_alias('u
.BI "struct dentry * d_obtain_alias(struct\ inode\ *\ " "inode" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIinode\fR
.RS 4
inode to allocate the dentry for
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Obtain a dentry for an inode resulting from NFS filehandle conversion or similar open by handle operations\&. The returned dentry may be anonymous, or may have a full name (if the inode was already in the cache)\&.
.PP
When called on a directory inode, we must ensure that the inode only ever has one dentry\&. If a dentry is found, that is returned instead of allocating a new one\&.
.PP
On successful return, the reference to the inode has been transferred to the dentry\&. In case of an error the reference on the inode is released\&. To make it easier to use in export operations a
\fBNULL\fR
or IS_ERR inode may be passed in and will be the error will be propagate to the return value, with a
\fBNULL\fR\fIinode\fR
replaced by ERR_PTR(\-ESTALE)\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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