Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:34:08 +0100 | From | Brice Goglin <> | Subject | Re: get device from file struct |
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Silviu Craciunas wrote: > quick question for the gurus.. is it possible to determine the hardware > device from a file struct during read/write system call. For example in > fs/read_write.c when doing a vfs_read. >
file->f_dentry->d_inode gives you the inode. If the inode is on top of a block device, inode->i_bdev gives you a struct block_device that might help you.
Brice
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