1ILOOKUP5(9)                      The Linux VFS                     ILOOKUP5(9)
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NAME

6       ilookup5 - search for an inode in the inode cache
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SYNOPSIS

9       struct inode * ilookup5(struct super_block * sb, unsigned long hashval,
10                               int (*test) (struct inode *, void *),
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ARGUMENTS

14       sb
15           super block of file system to search
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17       hashval
18           hash value (usually inode number) to search for
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20       test
21           callback used for comparisons between inodes
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23       data
24           opaque data pointer to pass to test
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DESCRIPTION

27       ilookup5 uses ifind to search for the inode specified by hashval and
28       data in the inode cache. This is a generalized version of ilookup for
29       file systems where the inode number is not sufficient for unique
30       identification of an inode.
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32       If the inode is in the cache, the inode lock is waited upon and the
33       inode is returned with an incremented reference count.
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37       Note, test is called with the inode_lock held, so can´t sleep.
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40Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.         June 2019                       ILOOKUP5(9)
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