On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Razvan Deaconescu < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-06-20 at 09:59 -0700, krushnaal pai wrote: > > how to make system calls from kernel module? > > > > or > > > > how to include library headers in modules so as to use open,read write > > functtions? > > (Most of the time) You cannot. You could resort to some sort of hacks to > use system call handlers but it is not advisable. You should use kernel > specific functions to solve your problems. > AFAIK, you can invoke system call service routine .. 'sys_xyz' directly from your kernel code path, but only after calling set_fs (this will bypass access_ok security check). Thanks, Chetan Nanda > > Razvan > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > >
