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Subject: Re: getcwd in kernel space
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"Eren Erdemli" <erenerdemli@gmail.com> writes:
> So will a namei lookup get me the path name of the parent.

No, a namei lookup takes a name and returns a vnode.  The only way to
get a name from a vnode is vn_fullpath(), and as you noticed, it doesn't
always work.  There is no way around this.

DES
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