> Secondly is this logically correct to get the file > pointer from inode/dentry etc. I don't think so. A single file on a disk (inode) can be opened concurrently, with different mode, with different read position, etc. Many file structures share the same inode then. TH - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html