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Subject: Re: opening files in /proc, and modules
From: Michael Rothwell <rothwell@holly-springs.nc.us>
To: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
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Date: 08 Mar 2001 11:48:42 -0500
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Sweet! Thanks!

I'm working on 2.2 for now, but the 2.4 API looks nicer... :)

-M

On 08 Mar 2001 11:43:24 -0500, Alexander Viro wrote:
> 
> 
> On 8 Mar 2001, Michael Rothwell wrote:
> 
> > Figured it out -- I think. This appears to be the answer:
> > 
> > In struct proc_dir_entry,set the fill_inode function pointer to a
> > callback to handle refcounts.
> > 
> > struct proc_dir_entry
> > {
> > ...
> > void (*fill_inode)(struct inode *, int);
> > ...
> > };
> [snip]
> > ... right?  :)
> 
> Right for 2.2, wrong for 2.4. There you just set ->owner to THIS_MODULE
> and forget about the whole mess with callbacks.
>                                                               Cheers,
>                                                                       Al

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