clear_nlink
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## Name

clear_nlink — directly zero an inode's link count

## Synopsis

`void clear_nlink (` | struct inode * | inode`)`;

## Arguments

`inode`

  inode

## Description

This is a low-level filesystem helper to replace any direct filesystem manipulation of i_nlink. See `drop_nlink` for why we care about i_nlink hitting zero.

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