Name

lookup_one_len —

Synopsis

struct dentry * lookup_one_len (const char *  name,
 struct dentry *  base,
 int  len);

Arguments

name

pathname component to lookup

base

base directory to lookup from

len

maximum length len should be interpreted to

Description

Note that this routine is purely a helper for filesystem useage and should not be called by generic code. Also note that by using this function to nameidata argument is passed to the filesystem methods and a filesystem using this helper needs to be prepared for that.