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Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:12:55 -0500 From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no> To: Justin Banks <justinb@...bone.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Where's the create() pointer? On Sat, 2008-01-19 at 08:07 -0700, Justin Banks wrote: > It's probably been this way for a long time, and I'm just noticing, but > I can't seem to find the create() (among others) pointer for NFS filesystems. > > Specifically, If I look at sb->s_root->d_inode->i_op there's no create > there. How do I find it? I'm guessing that the ability to share mount > structures between multiple NFS mounts resulted in some kind of fake > superblock, but I just can't figure out where to find the functions. Why would you want to do this in the first place? Anyhow, to answer the question: sb->s_root is not guaranteed to be a real file on NFS. The real mountpoints are usually in the anonymous dentry list. Trond -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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