> In my module I want to get the status of a file. One
> solution is to follow the implementation of sys_stat
> call and write my own routine.
>
> I tried calling sys_stat from my module, which gives
> me erronos values as output. ( The input to this call
> are user buffers )
You sure don't need to call that. You are in kernel. You can see the inode
structure directly. Just do path_walk (user_path_walk if the name is in
userland buffer) and then look in the inode (d_inode member). You will
have to call i_ops->getattr, if its ever defined anywhere, but AFAIK it's
not used currently - it's just ready if some filesystem ever needed that.
The sys_stat routine is nothing but a glue to user-land.
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