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FILP_OPEN(9)							   The Linux VFS						      FILP_OPEN(9)

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..

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.					     July 2010							      FILP_OPEN(9)