LOOKUP_CREATE(9) The Linux VFS LOOKUP_CREATE(9)NAMElookup_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.
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