On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 11:34:19AM +0530, C.Mohanasundaram wrote: > from the proc_misc.c file i understood how the kernel works when a useland > program tries to read the files like loadavg, uptime etc under /proc.But i > dont understand how it handles the entries under the directories for example > /proc/net/ and /proc/<pid>/ /proc/net/ is quite normal. The directory created in fs/proc/root.c, and populated in the various net/ directories (grep for proc_net in net/*.c). /proc/<pid>/ is a bit magic, the files and directories are only created upon request. See the various proc_pid_* functions in fs/proc/base.c. Erik -- J.A.K. (Erik) Mouw, Information and Communication Theory Group, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Information Technology and Systems, Delft University of Technology, PO BOX 5031, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands Phone: +31-15-2783635 Fax: +31-15-2781843 Email: J.A.K.Mouw@its.tudelft.nl WWW: http://www-ict.its.tudelft.nl/~erik/ - Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
