do_kern_mount (EXPLANATION REQUIRED)

do_kern_mount (EXPLANATION REQUIRED)

[UZAIR LAKHANI]

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.


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Uzair Mehdi Lakhani

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Re: do_kern_mount (EXPLANATION REQUIRED)

[Jan Hudec]

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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...

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

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