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From: ratheesh kannoth <ratheesh.ksz@gmail.com>
Subject: proc entry getting created in wrong directory?
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:43:38 +0530
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<linux 2.6.38 kernel>

  struct file *filp = filp_open("/proc/net/stat", O_RDONLY, 0);
   proc_dir_entry = PDE(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
   proc_entry = create_proc_entry( "fortune", 0644, proc_dir_entry );

"fortune" is getting created in /proc dir, why so ?


-ratheesh