>>>>> "dinesh" == Dinesh Gandhewar <gdinesh16@rediffmail.com> writes: dinesh> Hello, dinesh> Can you explain this code segment? dinesh> oldfs = get_fs(); set_fs(KERNEL_DS); dinesh> err = file.f_op->read(&file, buf, *count, &file.f_pos); dinesh> set_fs(oldfs); dinesh> What is the functionality of get_fs() and set_fs(). Very ugly old hack to make able to call functions that expect parameters in User Space to be called from the kernel. Later, Juan. -- In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different -- Larry McVoy - 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/
