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.\"      Date: May 2018
.\"    Manual: The Linux VFS
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16.56
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "LOCKS_UNLINK_LOCK" "9" "May 2018" "Kernel Hackers Manual 3\&.16\&" "The Linux VFS"
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.SH "NAME"
locks_unlink_lock \- Delete a lock and then free it\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'void\ locks_unlink_lock('u
.BI "void locks_unlink_lock(struct\ file_lock\ **\ " "thisfl_p" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIthisfl_p\fR
.RS 4
pointer that points to the fl_next field of the previous inode\->i_flock list entry
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Unlink a lock from all lists and free the namespace reference, but don\*(Aqt free it yet\&. Wake up processes that are blocked waiting for this lock and notify the FS that the lock has been cleared\&.
.PP
Must be called with the i_lock held!
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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