Thank you! It's all in the source, somewhere :-) I don't suppose somebody knows how to mount a filesystem for the exclusive use of ONE process, excluding even root processes. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rajeev Bector [mailto:rbector@andiamo.com] > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 12:12 PM > To: Rob Fuller > Cc: kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org > Subject: RE: Question about kernel threads > > > Actually the solution to that problem is > > mm_segment_t old_fs; > > old_fs = get_fs(); > set_fs(KERNEL_DS); > > <call sys_read etc> > ... > set_fs(old_fs); > > You can grep around in the kernel source code > to see other places where set_fs() is used. > > > regards, > Rajeev > > > - Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
