working directory within kernel code

Julian Elischer julian at elischer.org
Tue Dec 16 13:39:59 PST 2008


Ferner Cilloniz wrote:
> I am trying to determine the current working directory when a system
> call is issued. im interested in determining this from a kernel module.
> 
> however, because system calls are only given a thread* and a void*,
> which gets casted, is there any way i find out the cwd?
> 
> thanks.
> 


(why 'net@' ?)  (try hackers@)


it depends if you want the NAME of the working directory or
a pointer to it's vnode, (or something similar).


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