>in fs/read_write.c, the vfs_read function does:
>
>file->f_op->read(file, buf, count, pos);
>
>after this call is it possible to determine where the
>data is coming from?
>e.g., the first hard disk, a pipe or from a socket.
For hard disks:
file->f_dentry->d_inode->d_sb->s_bdev gives you the block device
in case it is a non-virtual filesystem.
For pipes/sockets I do not know of a may to go from a filp to a
struct sock or struct socket.
>If it is a socket we are interested
>from which device (eth0, eth1, lo, ...) the data was received.
I do not think that is possible either.
-`J'
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