On Monday 12 November 2007 11:47:04 am Edouard Thuleau wrote: > I try to use the generic netlink functionalities in a kernel module. > > I looked the doc > http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Net:Generic_Netlink_HOWTO and the > source code of kernel/taskstats.c in the kernel. > I tried to reproduce the example of the doc (look in the attached > file) but it doesn't work. > > I work on a 2.6.23 kernel and on two different architectures, a > classic x86 pc and a armv5b board. > On the PC the genlmsg_multicast function return an error (-3) and the > system crash totally in the next 5 sec (hard reboot). > On the arm board, the genlmsg_put function return the NULL value, but > the module is unload and the system stay stable. > > Can you help me ? > Doude. You might want to look at the ACPI code for some examples, a quick look at the code shows that it uses Generic Netlink and multicast messages. -- paul moore linux security @ hp - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
