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CLEAR_NLINK(9)							   The Linux VFS						    CLEAR_NLINK(9)

NAME
       clear_nlink - directly zero an inode's link count

SYNOPSIS
       void clear_nlink(struct inode * inode);

ARGUMENTS
       inode
	   inode

DESCRIPTION
       This is a low-level filesystem helper to replace any direct filesystem manipulation of i_nlink. See drop_nlink for why we care about
       i_nlink hitting zero.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10					     June 2014							    CLEAR_NLINK(9)