file->private_data

[John Tyner]

That pointer is all yours. Your driver can store data that is specifiec to
each open device using that pointer.

On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Khai Trinh wrote:

>
> Hi folks,
>
> I am new to linux. So, my question is:
>
> what is file->private_data? Does it set to the device
> structure by the kernel when you register your device
> with devfs_register()?
>
> Thanks,
> --Khai
>
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