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| D_BACKING_DENTRY(9) | The Linux VFS | D_BACKING_DENTRY(9) |
NAME¶
d_backing_dentry - Get upper or lower dentry we should be using
SYNOPSIS¶
struct dentry * d_backing_dentry(struct dentry * upper);
ARGUMENTS¶
upper
The upper layer
DESCRIPTION¶
This is the helper that should be used to get the dentry of the inode that will be used if this dentry were opened as a file. It may be the upper dentry or it may be a lower dentry pinned by the upper.
Normal filesystems should not use this to access their own dentries.
COPYRIGHT¶
| January 2017 | Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8. |