Re: 2.4 Q: list of open files per inode?

[Jacob A]

I want to keep an internal state per each registration instance, and I opted to use open() as the registration mechanism.
-Jacob

----- Original Message ----
From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Jacob A <jacoba51-tmp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 2:58:18 PM
Subject: Re: 2.4 Q: list of open files per inode?


On Jul 22 2007 04:39, Jacob A wrote:

>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.

Sounds a bit wrong. _What_ exactly do you want to keep?


    Jan
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