On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 22:35:32 +0100, threadhead@web.de wrote: > hi list! > > im having a problem coding a LKM for the 2.6 kernel series. > > the problem is related to file creation from kernel space. > i tried to call sys_creat() for example with the __asm__() template but the syscall failed for some reason. > the file simply wasnt created. > using a function ptr to the memory address of the exportet symbol "sys_creat" didnt work aswell. > > maybe you have an idea of how i could create a file from kernel space? > im kinda stuck. You shoulnd't. But if you really, really, really, have to, just look at the code of sys_open (sys_creat just calls sys_open) and call the workhorse. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>
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