On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 10:25:48AM +0200, yaelgilad wrote: > Hi, > I am building a kernel module which will probably need > to access files, real or virtual. The module will be inserted > to an "out-of-the-box" kernel. I have full control of which-boxes :-) > > Are there any obvious issues I should be aware of ? Yes, you should not ever access files from within the kernel. Do not do this, change your design, it is broken. > I need to create a kernel thread, which will loop > on a blocking read from some something in /dev. Heh, if you're wanting to block on data from a device, do that in userspace, not within the kernel. Good luck, greg k-h -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
