On Sunday 2012-12-02 11:38, arif wrote: > arif@khost:~/src/linux$ global -x ip_rcv_finish > ip_rcv_finish 319 net/ipv4/ip_input.c static int ip_rcv_finish(struct > sk_buff *skb) > > Now if i want to use this function i need to initialize a pointer to this > function. > To be able to do that i need the address of the function. > > I've seen that from user space i can read /proc/kallsyms to get an address of a > symbol. Is their any similar mechanism exist where i can read the symbol table > to extract a symbol's address from kernel space? No. The function could be inlined and as such not even exist. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html