Date: 16 Aug 1999 04:30:15 +0200 From: Assar Westerlund <assar@sics.se> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Getting device and inode number from a vnode Message-ID: <5lhfm0lao7.fsf@assaris.sics.se> In-Reply-To: John Polstra's message of "Sun, 15 Aug 1999 14:56:45 -0700 (PDT)" References: <XFMail.990815145645.jdp@polstra.com>
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John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> writes: > 1. I have a pointer to a vnode and I want to get the corresponding > dev_t and inode number. Is there a non-sleazy way to do that other > than calling vn_stat? I think you just want to call VOP_GETATTR(vp, vap, cred, proc) and then look at vap->va_fsid and vap->va_fileid. > 2. The first action of vn_stat is to call VOP_GETATTR. VOP_GETATTR(9) > says, "The file should not be locked on entry." But when stat calls > vn_stat, the vnode is locked. Which is correct -- or doesn't it > matter? According to vnode_if.src getattr shouldn't change the locked status of a vnode. /assar To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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