From: p.ittershagen@googlemail.com (Philipp Ittershagen)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: parent inode from the current struct inode
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 09:39:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC157GAd98bARO5EqGjwEYsF-3z9JO0QebJTaZq8x5-R70fMBA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJbRZyXcRzTO6Bti+QJ-CjvPSt+82q=p+PXbHGpny5jNMY6U4A@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Jack,
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Jack David <jd6589@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Is possible to get parent directory's inode structure from the current
> inode? If so, how can I do that?
It should be possible to use the container_of macro to get the parent
dentry struct. Then, you can get the parent dentry d_parent and access
its inode. (Please correct me, if I'm wrong. I didn't test it).
Philipp
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2012-02-08 7:48 parent inode from the current struct inode Jack David
2012-02-08 8:39 ` Philipp Ittershagen [this message]
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2012-02-08 13:00 ` 答复: " Jack David
2012-02-08 13:55 ` Philipp Ittershagen
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