struct file_operations

• Important fields (struct file_operations)

• • open – open file
  • read/write – standard synchronous read/write
  • aio_read/aio_write – asynchronous read/write
  • poll – descriptor status polling
  • mmap – memory mapping of file
  • flush – close file descriptor
  • release – close last reference to file
  • fsync/fasync – sync file contents with disk
  • readv/writev – scatter/gather operations