/* This is the filp table. It is an intermediary between file descriptors and * inodes. A slot is free if filp_count == 0. */ EXTERN struct filp { mode_t filp_mode; /* RW bits, telling how file is opened */ int filp_flags; /* flags from open and fcntl */ int filp_count; /* how many file descriptors share this slot?*/ struct inode *filp_ino; /* pointer to the inode */ off_t filp_pos; /* file position */ /* the following fields are for select() and are owned by the generic * select() code (i.e., fd-type-specific select() code can't touch these). */ int filp_selectors; /* select()ing processes blocking on this fd */ int filp_select_ops; /* interested in these SEL_* operations */ /* following are for fd-type-specific select() */ int filp_pipe_select_ops; } filp[NR_FILPS]; #define FILP_CLOSED 0 /* filp_mode: associated device closed */ #define NIL_FILP (struct filp *) 0 /* indicates absence of a filp slot */