Chapter 8 : The Virtual Filesystem¶

8.1 Filesystem Types¶

8.2 The Common File Model¶

Inodes¶

Links¶

Programming Interface¶

Files as a Universal Interface¶

8.3 Structure of the VFS¶

Structural Overview¶

Inodes¶

Process-Specific Information¶

File Operations¶

Directory Entry Cache¶

8.4 Working with VFS Objects¶

Filesystem Operations¶

File Operations¶

8.5 Standard Functions¶

Generic Read Routine¶

The fault Mechanism¶

Permission-Checking¶

Summary¶

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