Reg:dentry->d_mounts value

Hi, Sorry to disturb you all. In the d_alloc() function in the vfs layer of the filesystem(2.2.14 kernel) we can see the following: dentry->d_mounts = dentry; dentry->d_covers = dentry; Why should both the above be assigned the values of dentry. Wher elase is this

Reg:dentry-d_mounts value

Hi, Sorry to disturb you all. In the d_alloc() function in the vfs layer of the filesystem(2.2.14 kernel) we can see the following: dentry-d_mounts = dentry; dentry-d_covers = dentry; Why should both the above be assigned the values of dentry. Wher elase is this used.