On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 14:02 +0000, sounak chakraborty wrote: > > > I have found the answer > > which file and function inside the kernel (is called) during the > mounting of proc file system while system startup. > Is it do_mount? > NO, the mounting doesnt happen exactly in do_mount but in the > function > void init proc root init(void) in thr file /fs/proc/root.c > which ultimately calls the function register_filesystem defined in > fs/filesystem.c > which takes 'proc fs type' structure as parameter > > > And in which function does the unmounting of the proc file system > during shutdown > unmounting is done by the function unregister_filesystem > > thanks > sounak > This is incorrect. register_filesystem() is called when the module "procfs.ko" is loaded. This serves to tell the kernel "Hey, I am procfs, you now know how to mount file systems of type procfs". And unregister_filesystem() is called when you unload the module. -- Jason J. Herne <hernejj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
