As a usage scenario, compile-tested only. Replace fs/eventpoll.c with this code and see, how your kernel crashes. Or works. :) Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@xxxxxxxxxxx> #include <linux/kernel.h> #include <linux/types.h> #include <linux/list.h> #include <linux/spinlock.h> #include <linux/kevent.h> #include <linux/ukevent.h> #include <linux/syscalls.h> #include <asm/poll.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> #include <linux/eventpoll.h> asmlinkage long sys_epoll_create(int size) { return sys_kevent_init(NULL, 0, 0); } #define EP_PRIVATE_BITS (EPOLLONESHOT | EPOLLET) asmlinkage long sys_epoll_ctl(int epfd, int op, int fd, struct epoll_event __user *event) { struct epoll_event epds; struct ukevent uk; int cmd, err; switch (op) { case EPOLL_CTL_DEL: cmd = KEVENT_CTL_REMOVE; break; case EPOLL_CTL_ADD: cmd = KEVENT_CTL_ADD; break; case EPOLL_CTL_MOD: cmd = KEVENT_CTL_MODIFY; break; default: err = -EINVAL; goto err_out_exit; } if (copy_from_user(&epds, event, sizeof(struct epoll_event))) { err = -EFAULT; goto err_out_exit; } memset(&uk, 0, sizeof(struct ukevent)); uk.id.raw[0] = fd; memcpy(uk.user, &epds.data, sizeof(u64)); uk.type = KEVENT_POLL; uk.event = (epds.events & ~EP_PRIVATE_BITS)| POLLERR | POLLHUP; uk.req_flags = KEVENT_REQ_ALWAYS_QUEUE | KEVENT_REQ_LAST_CHECK; if (epds.events & EPOLLONESHOT) uk.req_flags |= KEVENT_REQ_ONESHOT; if (epds.events & EPOLLET) uk.req_flags |= KEVENT_REQ_ET; return sys_kevent_ctl(epfd, cmd, 1, &uk); err_out_exit: return err; } asmlinkage long sys_epoll_wait(int epfd, struct epoll_event __user *events, int maxevents, int timeout) { struct ukevent uk[3]; struct timespec ts; long num, i; int err; if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, events, maxevents * sizeof(struct epoll_event))) { err = -EFAULT; goto err_out_exit; } memset(uk, 0, sizeof(uk)); ts.tv_sec = timeout/1000; ts.tv_nsec = (timeout - ts.tv_sec*1000)*1000; num = sys_kevent_get_events(epfd, 1, min(3, maxevents), ts, uk, 0); if (num <= 0) return num; for (i=0; i<num; ++i) { __u64 data; memcpy(&data, &uk[i].user, sizeof(u64)); if (__put_user(uk[i].ret_data[0], &events[i].events) || __put_user(data, &events[i].data)) return -EFAULT; } return num; err_out_exit: return err; } -- Evgeniy Polyakov - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html