Re: reading a file in kernelmode
Hello David! On Thursday 17 July 2008 01:46, David wrote: Hello, I'm developing a FreeBSD kernel module and I'm searching for a good solution to open/read/close a file. My goal is to generate a MD5-Hash of a given file (path). Open-Syscall seems to be improper. Any ideas/solutions/examples? Look at file kern/kern_ktrace.c at the use of vn_open in function ktrace(td, uap) and VOP_WRITE in function ktr_writerequest(struct thread *td, struct ktr_request *req) I think reading is done quite analogue to writing in case above. HTH, Marc ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: reading a file in kernelmode
On 7/17/08, Marc Lörner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello David! On Thursday 17 July 2008 01:46, David wrote: Hello, I'm developing a FreeBSD kernel module and I'm searching for a good solution to open/read/close a file. My goal is to generate a MD5-Hash of a given file (path). Open-Syscall seems to be improper. Any ideas/solutions/examples? Look at file kern/kern_ktrace.c at the use of vn_open in function ktrace(td, uap) and VOP_WRITE in function ktr_writerequest(struct thread *td, struct ktr_request *req) I think reading is done quite analogue to writing in case above. Hi, I'm just curious, is it proper to read a file from kernel space? Is it something the kernel is supposed to do? Thanks in advance. HTH, Marc ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
reading a file in kernelmode
Hello, I'm developing a FreeBSD kernel module and I'm searching for a good solution to open/read/close a file. My goal is to generate a MD5-Hash of a given file (path). Open-Syscall seems to be improper. Any ideas/solutions/examples? Thanks a lot Greetings, David ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
