Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:51:20 +0100 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: 2.4 Q: list of open files per inode? |
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On Sun, Jul 22, 2007 at 04:39:14AM -0700, Jacob A wrote: > Al, > > 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.
What do you mean "register with a watchdog driver"? The process that had opened file might be long gone while the file remains open...
What kind of information do you keep for each struct file?
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