1. NAME▲

d_alloc - allocate a dcache entry

2. SYNOPSIS ▲

struct dentry * d_alloc(struct dentry *  parent , const struct qstr *  name );

3. ARGUMENTS ▲

parent
    parent of entry to allocate

name
    qstr of the name

4. DESCRIPTION ▲

Allocates a dentry. It returns NULL if there is insufficient memory available. On a success the dentry is returned. The name passed in is copied and the copy passed in may be reused after this call.

5. COPYRIGHT ▲