On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 6:03 PM, rohit vashist <rohitvashist2kk3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > > Suppose i do a read operation on a file which is on some xyz device.And this > device is mounted with some flag may be MS_READONLY,MS_REMOUNT.Now if i do a > write operation on this device i m not allowed to do so because the it has > been mounted as read only. > My question is when read system call occurs where does it check that flag > i.e is it after vfs_read() or in generic_file_read()? Hi, Hope this answers your question [root@localhost testext2]# echo hi > a Breakpoint 3, mnt_want_write (mnt=0x27852a10) at fs/namespace.c:259 259 if (__mnt_is_readonly(mnt)) { (gdb) bt #0 mnt_want_write (mnt=0x27852a10) at fs/namespace.c:259 #1 0x080c213c in do_filp_open (dfd=-100, pathname=0x24241000 "a", open_flag=33345, mode=438) at fs/namei.c:1746 #2 0x080b5df9 in do_sys_open (dfd=-100, filename=0x811e7c8 "", flags=33345, mode=438) at fs/open.c:1018 #3 0x080b5ea6 in sys_open (filename=0x811e7c8 "", flags=33345, mode=438) at fs/open.c:1039 #4 0x0805a4e8 in handle_syscall (r=0x27b45214) at arch/um/kernel/skas/syscall.c:35 #5 0x080686a2 in userspace (regs=0x27b45214) at arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c:201 #6 0x0805774e in fork_handler () at arch/um/kernel/process.c:179 #7 0x00000000 in ?? () (gdb) n 269 } (gdb) do_filp_open (dfd=-100, pathname=0x24241000 "a", open_flag=33345, mode=438) at fs/namei.c:1747 1747 if (error) (gdb) p error $5 = -30 (gdb) p EROFS $6 = 30 (gdb) c Continuing. -bash: a: Read-only file system Thanks - Manish > > > > -- > Regards > Vashist > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ