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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/dcache.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c index c2add37082b6..67662beebc72 100644 --- a/fs/dcache.c +++ b/fs/dcache.c @@ -1607,12 +1607,17 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc(struct dentry * parent, const struct qstr *name) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_alloc); +/** + * d_alloc_pseudo - allocate a dentry (for lookup-less filesystems) + * @sb: the superblock + * @name: qstr of the name + * + * For a filesystem that just pins its dentries in memory and never + * performs lookups at all, return an unhashed IS_ROOT dentry. + */ struct dentry *d_alloc_pseudo(struct super_block *sb, const struct qstr *name) { - struct dentry *dentry = __d_alloc(sb, name); - if (dentry) - dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_DISCONNECTED; - return dentry; + return __d_alloc(sb, name); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_alloc_pseudo); |