2012/11/21, ratheesh kannoth <ratheesh.ksz@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, > > is there size limit on the buffer content as i am using "cat" command > ( so ,not allocating any buffer in userspace, so not doing any > copy_to_user from kernel; simply doing sprintf(buffer, %s , data ) > from kernel for a big data ) > > -Ratheesh Hello, I'm not sure to understand your problem. Do you write userland or kernelland code? If you write kernel code, why don't you just use the API behind the /proc file system? If you write userland code, what is your problem with the buffer allocation? You can allocate a buffer as big as your memroy allows it. Celelibi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
