D_ALLOC_PSEUDO(9)                         The Linux VFS                         D_ALLOC_PSEUDO(9)



NAME
       d_alloc_pseudo - allocate a dentry (for lookup-less filesystems)

SYNOPSIS
       struct dentry * d_alloc_pseudo(struct super_block * sb, const struct qstr * name);

ARGUMENTS
       sb
           the superblock

       name
           qstr of the name

DESCRIPTION
       For a filesystem that just pins its dentries in memory and never performs lookups at all,
       return an unhashed IS_ROOT dentry.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                         D_ALLOC_PSEUDO(9)