hi, Oh .. ok thanx. I gave a valid path name like eg: /etc/rc.local. It still gave me the error -2. Is /proc some chrooted path or something ?? Can't we walk thru the filesystem from /proc ?? are there any restrictions of any sort?? TIA Karthik --- Chris Wright <chris@wirex.com> wrote: > * Karthik M (k_mohanas@yahoo.com) wrote: > > <snipped code> > > > The path_walk() returns an error code number -2. > > > > What does error code -2 mean ?? where could i find > > more information about what the different error > number > > mean ? > > -2 is ENOENT. you can find this in > include/asm/errno.h. LOOKUP_POSITIVE > means path_walk will not give you back a negative > dentry, so if the file > doesn't exist you'll get ENOENT. > > cheers, > -chris > -- > Linux Security Modules http://lsm.immunix.org > http://lsm.bkbits.net > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux > kernel. > Archive: > http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
