/include/linux/dcache.h #define DNAME_INLINE_LEN 16 struct dentry { atomic_t d_count; unsigned int d_flags; struct inode * d_inode; /* Where the name belongs to - NULL is negative */ struct dentry * d_parent; /* parent directory */ struct list_head d_hash; /* lookup hash list */ struct list_head d_lru; /* d_count = 0 LRU list */ struct list_head d_child; /* child of parent list */ struct list_head d_subdirs; /* our children */ struct list_head d_alias; /* inode alias list */ int d_mounted; struct qstr d_name; unsigned long d_time; /* used by d_revalidate */ struct dentry_operations *d_op; struct super_block * d_sb; /* The root of the dentry tree */ unsigned long d_vfs_flags; void * d_fsdata; /* fs-specific data */ unsigned char d_iname[DNAME_INLINE_LEN]; /* small names */ }; struct dentry_operations { int (*d_revalidate)(struct dentry *, int); int (*d_hash) (struct dentry *, struct qstr *); int (*d_compare) (struct dentry *, struct qstr *, struct qstr *); int (*d_delete)(struct dentry *); void (*d_release)(struct dentry *); void (*d_iput)(struct dentry *, struct inode *); };