Nucleus

diff --git a/vfs/direntry.c b/vfs/direntry.c
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+/*
+ * This file implements the Directory Entry object and associated operations.
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <nucleus/object.h>
+#include <nucleus/vfs.h>
+
+/* Information for find callback */
+struct FindData {
+	const char *name;
+	DirEntry *result;
+};
+
+static void direntry_delete(Object *);
+
+ObjectType dirEntryType = {
+	.size = sizeof(DirEntry),
+	.delete = direntry_delete,
+};
+
+/* Hash a file name */
+static uint32_t
+name_hash(const char *name)
+{
+	uint32_t digest = 5381;
+	int c;
+	while (c = *name++)
+		digest = ((digest << 5) + digest) ^ c;
+	return digest;
+}
+
+/* Destroy a Directory Entry */
+static void
+direntry_delete(Object *obj)
+{
+	DirEntry *entry = (void *) obj;
+	if (entry->inode)
+		put(entry->inode);
+}
+
+/* Callback for finding a directory entry by name */
+static int
+compare_direntry_name(void *addr, void *data)
+{
+	DirEntry *entry = (void *) addr;
+	struct FindData *find = data;
+	uint32_t hash = name_hash(find->name);
+	if (entry->hash != hash)
+		return 0;
+	if (strcmp(entry->name, find->name))
+		return 0;
+	find->result = get(entry);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/* Find a Directory Entry by name in a list */
+DirEntry *
+find_direntry(ObjectList *list, const char *name)
+{
+	lock(list);
+	struct FindData data = {
+		.name = name,
+		.result = NULL,
+	};
+	iterate(list, compare_direntry_name, &data);
+	unlock(list);
+	return data.result;
+}
+