Re: Directory Entry for File

Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Sat, 20 Feb 1999 03:25:05 -0500 (EST)


On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Mike Kennedy wrote:

>
> Ok... let me re phrase. I'm talking about kernel space. I need to, given
> an inode for a file that is being read, for example, find the
> corresponding filename string that is contained in the directory entry.

Look at sys_getpwd() and do it for all dentries over your inode
(cyclic list I've mentioned). Why not do it on open()? There you have the
name for free and to read stuff one has to open the file.

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