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.\"      Date: September 2017
.\"    Manual: The Linux VFS
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.12.13
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.TH "D_REAL" "9" "September 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.12\&" "The Linux VFS"
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.SH "NAME"
d_real \- Return the real dentry
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'struct\ dentry\ *\ d_real('u
.BI "struct dentry * d_real(struct\ dentry\ *\ " "dentry" ", const\ struct\ inode\ *\ " "inode" ", unsigned\ int\ " "flags" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIstruct dentry * dentry\fR
.RS 4
the dentry to query
.RE
.PP
\fIconst struct inode * inode\fR
.RS 4
inode to select the dentry from multiple layers (can be NULL)
.RE
.PP
\fIunsigned int flags\fR
.RS 4
open flags to control copy\-up behavior
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
If dentry is on a union/overlay, then return the underlying, real dentry\&. Otherwise return the dentry itself\&.
.PP
See also: Documentation/filesystems/vfs\&.txt
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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