Name
filp_open —
open file and return file pointer
Synopsis
struct file * filp_open ( | const char * | filename, |
| | int | flags, |
| | int | mode); |
Arguments
filename
path to open
flags
open flags as per the open(2) second argument
mode
mode for the new file if O_CREAT is set, else ignored
Description
This is the helper to open a file from kernelspace if you really
have to. But in generally you should not do this, so please move
along, nothing to see here..