<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>vfs_path_lookup</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Linux Filesystems API"><link rel="up" href="other_functions.html" title="Other Functions"><link rel="prev" href="API-path-put.html" title="path_put"><link rel="next" href="API-lookup-one-len.html" title="lookup_one_len"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="phrase">vfs_path_lookup</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-path-put.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Other Functions</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="API-lookup-one-len.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="API-vfs-path-lookup"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>vfs_path_lookup —
lookup a file path relative to a dentry-vfsmount pair
</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">vfs_path_lookup </b>(</code></td><td>struct dentry * <var class="pdparam">dentry</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>struct vfsmount * <var class="pdparam">mnt</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>const char * <var class="pdparam">name</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>unsigned int <var class="pdparam">flags</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>struct path * <var class="pdparam">path</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp320229020"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>dentry</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
pointer to dentry of the base directory
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>mnt</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
pointer to vfs mount of the base directory
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
pointer to file name
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
lookup flags
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>path</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
pointer to struct path to fill
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