}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_alloc);
+/**
+ * d_alloc_pseudo - allocate a dentry (for lookup-less filesystems)
+ * @sb: the superblock
+ * @name: qstr of the name
+ *
+ * For a filesystem that just pins its dentries in memory and never
+ * performs lookups at all, return an unhashed IS_ROOT dentry.
+ */
struct dentry *d_alloc_pseudo(struct super_block *sb, const struct qstr *name)
{
- struct dentry *dentry = __d_alloc(sb, name);
- if (dentry)
- dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_DISCONNECTED;
- return dentry;
+ return __d_alloc(sb, name);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_alloc_pseudo);