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

6       d_validate - verify dentry provided from insecure source (deprecated)
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SYNOPSIS

9       int d_validate(struct dentry * dentry, struct dentry * dparent);
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ARGUMENTS

12       dentry
13           The dentry alleged to be valid child of dparent
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16           The parent dentry (known to be valid)
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DESCRIPTION

19       An insecure source has sent us a dentry, here we verify it and dget it.
20       This is used by ncpfs in its readdir implementation. Zero is returned
21       in the dentry is invalid.
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23       This function is slow for big directories, and deprecated, do not use
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27Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10         June 2019                     D_VALIDATE(9)
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