Hi, inode=file->f_dentry->d_inode Aboo -----Original Message----- From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Zeeshan Ali Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 4:44 PM To: kernelnewbies Subject: inode in the read Hello, The open, release and ioctl gets a reference to the inode, using which i can get the minor number of the device file the system-call is being called upon. I dont get reference to the inode in the read and write. How do i know which minor number is the system-call being called upon in case of read and write? Thanks in advance. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/