source: branches/minix3-book/servers/fs/file.h@ 25

/* 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 */