Name
lookup_create —
lookup a dentry, creating it if it doesn't exist
Synopsis
struct dentry * lookup_create
(struct nameidata * nd, int is_dir);
Arguments
- nd
nameidata info
- is_dir
directory flag
Description
Simple function to lookup and return a dentry and create it
if it doesn't exist. Is SMP-safe.
Returns with nd->path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex locked.