1CLEAR_NLINK(9) The Linux VFS CLEAR_NLINK(9)
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NAME
6clear_nlink - directly zero an inode's link count
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SYNOPSIS
9void clear_nlink(struct inode * inode);
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ARGUMENTS
12inode
13inode
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DESCRIPTION
16This is a low-level filesystem helper to replace any direct filesystem
17manipulation of i_nlink. See drop_nlink for why we care about i_nlink
18hitting zero.
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COPYRIGHT
21Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10 June 2019 CLEAR_NLINK(9)