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From: Jan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>
To: UZAIR LAKHANI <uzairr_bs1b@yahoo.com>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: do_kern_mount (EXPLANATION REQUIRED)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 08:08:02 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060503060802.GB10036@djinn> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060502165126.63680.qmail@web37902.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 09:51:26 -0700, UZAIR LAKHANI wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I want to find out this question. Is the function
> do_kern_mount
> equivalent for the mount command
> 
> i.e. is do_kern_mount exactly equals
> 
> mount -t fs_type device mnt_point
> 
> Additionally what is the purpose of this function
> (do_kern_mount). How
> this function gets the device name. Where will be the
> mount point etc. Some details will be helpful.

Just read the source ;-). Entry point for mount is sys_mount, so start
from there...

-- 
						 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>

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      reply	other threads:[~2006-05-03  6:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-05-02 16:51 do_kern_mount (EXPLANATION REQUIRED) UZAIR LAKHANI
2006-05-03  6:08 ` Jan Hudec [this message]

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