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+/* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 8; -*-
+ * vim: noexpandtab sw=8 ts=8 sts=0:
+ *
+ * namei.h
+ *
+ * Function prototypes
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2002, 2004 Oracle.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 021110-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef OCFS2_NAMEI_H
+#define OCFS2_NAMEI_H
+
+extern struct inode_operations ocfs2_dir_iops;
+
+struct dentry *ocfs2_get_parent(struct dentry *child);
+
+int ocfs2_check_dir_entry (struct inode *dir,
+			   struct ocfs2_dir_entry *de,
+			   struct buffer_head *bh,
+			   unsigned long offset);
+struct buffer_head *ocfs2_find_entry(const char *name,
+				     int namelen,
+				     struct inode *dir,
+				     struct ocfs2_dir_entry **res_dir);
+int ocfs2_orphan_del(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+		     struct ocfs2_journal_handle *handle,
+		     struct inode *orphan_dir_inode,
+		     struct inode *inode,
+		     struct buffer_head *orphan_dir_bh);
+
+static inline int ocfs2_match(int len,
+			      const char * const name,
+			      struct ocfs2_dir_entry *de)
+{
+	if (len != de->name_len)
+		return 0;
+	if (!de->inode)
+		return 0;
+	return !memcmp(name, de->name, len);
+}
+
+#endif /* OCFS2_NAMEI_H */