GET_SUPER

Section: The Linux VFS (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

get_super - get the superblock of a device  

SYNOPSIS

struct super_block * get_super(struct block_device * bdev);
 

ARGUMENTS

bdev

device to get the superblock for
 

DESCRIPTION

Scans the superblock list and finds the superblock of the file system mounted on the device given. NULL is returned if no match is found.  

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