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D_MATERIALISE_UNIQUE(9) 					   The Linux VFS					   D_MATERIALISE_UNIQUE(9)

NAME
       d_materialise_unique - introduce an inode into the tree

SYNOPSIS
       struct dentry * d_materialise_unique(struct dentry * dentry, struct inode * inode);

ARGUMENTS
       dentry
	   candidate dentry

       inode
	   inode to bind to the dentry, to which aliases may be attached

DESCRIPTION
       Introduces an dentry into the tree, substituting an extant disconnected root directory alias in its place if there is one. Caller must hold
       the i_mutex of the parent directory.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10					     June 2014						   D_MATERIALISE_UNIQUE(9)