linux-kernel - Re: 2.4 Q: list of open files per inode?

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Message-ID: <35493.81201.qm@web57701.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
Date:	Sun, 22 Jul 2007 05:26:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Jacob A <jacoba51-tmp@...oo.com>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4 Q: list of open files per inode?

I want to keep an internal state per each registration instance, and I opted to use open() as the registration mechanism.
-Jacob

----- Original Message ----
From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To: Jacob A <jacoba51-tmp@...oo.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 2:58:18 PM
Subject: Re: 2.4 Q: list of open files per inode?


On Jul 22 2007 04:39, Jacob A wrote:

>I'm using the open/close call as a way for processes to
>register/unregister with a watchdog driver that I'm writing. I
>thought that I can save the housekeeping within the driver, but it
>looks like It would be easier just to maintain my own list and be
>done with it.

Sounds a bit wrong. _What_ exactly do you want to keep?


    Jan
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