linux-kernel - Re: /dev/null implementation question

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Message-Id: <20070308110129.dc80b640.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date:	Thu, 8 Mar 2007 11:01:29 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Michael Nitschinger <michael@...schinger.at>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: /dev/null implementation question

On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 19:01:39 +0100 Michael Nitschinger wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I asked myself how /dev/null is implemented in C, but i didn't find anything in the documentation or generally on the internet. It would be great if someone could tell me where i can find the source for this device or how it is implemented, because it's really hard for me to crawl through the whole sourcetree.
> 
> thanks in advance, kind regards
> Michael Nitschinger
> 
> (p.s.: it would be great if you can Cc me in your answers because i am not subscribed to the mailinglist! thanks)

See linux/drivers/char/mem.c, look for null_fops.

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