Hi, On 10/17/06, suman adak <gnusuman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 10/17/06, Jakko Pastuchio <jakkop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I wanted to understand how the /proc/[pid] directories are maintained. > can u show me where is it in the code pls ? look at linux-2.6.17/fs/proc/inode.c and proc_get_inode() function. entry can be manipulated using struct proc_dir_entry object which is defined in /include/linux/proc-fs.h. proc_register() function may be used to add an entry under a given parent entry.create_proc_entry() function may be used to create and register a dynamically allocated entry given a name.
Well you gave me the general code of the proc filesystem; alas, I want to know where is the code that _uses_ the proc code in order to export proc directories of the process ids of the system (i.w. /proc/1/, /proc/2/, ...) thanks ! jakko
Thanks suman
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