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>get_empty_inode -- obtain an inode
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>struct inode * <TT
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> This is called by things like the networking layer
etc that want to get an inode without any inode
number, or filesystems that allocate new inodes with
no pre-existing information.
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> On a successful return the inode pointer is returned. On a failure
a <TT
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