Re: Mapping Inode to File

From: Artur Baruchi
Date: Fri Oct 22 2010 - 12:09:49 EST


Sorry, didnt understand your point.

Could you please clarify?

Note that I need to retrieve the file name in Kernel Space, Im able to
get the inode, but now I need to convert this inode to a name
(something that I could use).

Thanks in advance.

Att.
Artur Baruchi

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Bodo Eggert <7eggert@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Artur Baruchi <mail.baruchi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys.
>>
>> Is there a way to map an Inode number to a File (file path and name)
>> in a kernel module ?
>
> Imagine this:
>
> ln /foo/bar/baz /bar/baz/foo
> sleep 2147483647 < /foo/bar/baz &
> pivot_root /mnt /mnt/asd
> chroot /mnt/asd/foo
>
> What is the name you'd assign to that inode?
>
>
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