IGET_LOCKED(9)                            The Linux VFS                            IGET_LOCKED(9)



NAME
       iget_locked - obtain an inode from a mounted file system

SYNOPSIS
       struct inode * iget_locked(struct super_block * sb, unsigned long ino);

ARGUMENTS
       sb
           super block of file system

       ino
           inode number to get

DESCRIPTION
       Search for the inode specified by ino in the inode cache and if present return it with an
       increased reference count. This is for file systems where the inode number is sufficient
       for unique identification of an inode.

       If the inode is not in cache, allocate a new inode and return it locked, hashed, and with
       the I_NEW flag set. The file system gets to fill it in before unlocking it via
       unlock_new_inode.

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