Re: Accessing files in kernel space

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On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 10:32:42AM +0200, joost@lynx.huygens.org wrote:
> I'm working on a module which, amongst others, calculates time differences 
> from sk_buff timestamps between different nodes in a network. I want to 
> store the results in a file, but unfortunately fopen etc. are not 
> available in kernel space.
> 
> Anybody got an idea?

Yes, do not do that :)

Seriously, don't try to write files from kernelspace.  Save the data in
a buffer, and have a userspace program read the data from your driver
through a char device node.

Good luck,

greg k-h
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