> Is it possible to tell, at VFS level, if a dir is empty by only seeing > its inode (struct inode)? If not, what do I need? hi. dont take me for an expert, but: if ur not writing code to a specific f/s, then no. these detailed are _supposed_ to be hidden from the vfs's point of view. however, at the vfs level, u can check if a dentry has some cached children -> and by no means u can take that as an authoritive answer... what u can do, and it is highly recommended to avoid, is to open a corresponding file for the inode, and then invoke the file->f_op->readdir function. (dont forget, the magik is in the filldir function u pass it...) anyway, why do you need such a thing???? -- ======================================================================== nir. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
