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>d_lookup -- search for a dentry
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>struct dentry * <TT
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>d_lookup </TT
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>(struct dentry * <TT
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> parent dentry
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> qstr of name we wish to find
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> Searches the children of the parent dentry for the name in question. If
the dentry is found its reference count is incremented and the dentry
is returned. The caller must use d_put to free the entry when it has
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