Re: what mean vm_file in vm_area_struct structure?

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liang yuanen wrote:
I am newbie to linux kernel, i am reading linux kernel source code with version 2.4.0 and have a question about the usage of vm_file in vm_area_struct.
what mean vm_file in vm_area_struct structure?

It is a pointer to one of the data structures representing the
file that is mmaped in that particular VMA.

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