How to get file info of a directory in linux kernel space?

[Jon Masters]

On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 13:15 +0800, Zhang Shukun wrote:

> you know in the linux userspace , i can compile and run the following
> program to get the name or inode number of the files in the /bin directory.
> 
> i want to know how to do this in linux kernelspace ? thank you very much!

Hi,

Please see the following helpful reference topic:

http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ/WhyWritingFilesFromKernelIsBad

It's likely that you can do what you need but without opening files from
within the kernel. If it's simply an academic project or for interest,
then I suggest asking the kernelnewbies.org folks for help.

Jon.