Re: Open by inode? (was Re: knfsd)

david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
8 Jan 1999 23:10:19 -0800


In article <linux.kernel.Pine.LNX.3.96.990105114326.15802A-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk>,
Matthew Kirkwood <weejock@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

>In the case that iopen() was included, I think that istat() would be
>pretty handy, too...

Whyso? I'd think that

int fd = iopen({magic_inode_handle}, {mode});
fstat(fd,{stat});

would work just as well, and would reduce the number of places
where you'd need to expose {magic_inode_handle}s to the outside
world.

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david parsons \bi/ I need to get a high-paying job so I can pay people
\/ to write some of this q00l stuff.

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