Name
d_alloc —
allocate a dcache entry
Synopsis
struct dentry * d_alloc (struct dentry * parent, const struct qstr * name);
Arguments
parent
parent of entry to allocate
name
qstr of the name
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.