D_REALLY_IS_POSITIVE(9)                   The Linux VFS                   D_REALLY_IS_POSITIVE(9)



NAME
       d_really_is_positive - Determine if a dentry is really positive (ignoring fallthroughs)

SYNOPSIS
       bool d_really_is_positive(const struct dentry * dentry);

ARGUMENTS
       dentry
           The dentry in question

DESCRIPTION
       Returns true if the dentry represents a name that maps to an inode (ie. ->d_inode is not
       NULL). The dentry might still represent a whiteout if that is represented on medium as a
       0,0 chardev.

       Note! (1) This should be used *only* by a filesystem to examine its own dentries. It
       should not be used to look at some other filesystem's dentries. (2) It should also be used
       in combination with d_inode to get the inode.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                   D_REALLY_IS_POSITIVE(9)