1DEBUGFS_LOOKUP(9) The debugfs filesystem DEBUGFS_LOOKUP(9)
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6 debugfs_lookup - look up an existing debugfs file
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9 struct dentry * debugfs_lookup(const char * name,
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14 a pointer to a string containing the name of the file to look up.
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17 a pointer to the parent dentry of the file.
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20 This function will return a pointer to a dentry if it succeeds. If the
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22 returned dentry must be passed to dput when it is no longer needed.
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28Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10 June 2019 DEBUGFS_LOOKUP(9)