Hi, I want to use 'l_i_reserved2' field of ext2_inode for my purpose. I need to initialise this field when a new inode is created. I traced sys_create call and found that 'alloc_inode' from 'struct super_operations' is called for new inode[correct me here]. But looks like there is no way one can access raw inode[ext2_inode] from alloc_inode. Is it possible to initialise 'l_i_reserved2' in alloc_inode ? What could be other way to do it ? static struct inode *ext2_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb) { struct ext2_inode_info *ei; ei = (struct ext2_inode_info *)kmem_cache_alloc(ext2_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL); if (!ei) return NULL; #ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL ei->i_acl = EXT2_ACL_NOT_CACHED; ei->i_default_acl = EXT2_ACL_NOT_CACHED; #endif ei->vfs_inode.i_version = 1; } LXR link for ext2_alloc_inode: http://lxr.linux.no/linux/fs/ext2/super.c#L141 Thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ