Re: [patch] to add device+inode check to ipt_owner.c - HACKED UP

[viro]

On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 11:39:22AM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> +static int
> +match_inode(const struct sk_buff *skb, const char *devname, unsigned long i_num)
> +{
> +	struct task_struct *g, *p;
> +	struct files_struct *files;
> +	/*
> +	struct inode *inode;
> +	struct super_block *sb;
> +	struct block_device *bd;
> +	*/
> +	int i;
> +	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
> +
> +	/* lkcl: these are fairly obvious (just obtuse): hunt for the
> +	 * filesystem device, then its superblock, then the inode is
> +	 * relevant to that superblock, _then_ we can find the inode.
> +	bd = bdget(dev);


... the hell?  Where does that "dev" come from?
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