hello. is it generally possible to execute userspace programs through a module's kernel thread? i tried the following: first of all i copied the code of sys_execve() into one of my module headers. init_module then sets up the needed execve arguments in a struct, the kernel thread is executed by init_module. all that goes smoothly. from within the kernel thread i apply the trick of changing the addr_limit to not let sys_execve() return -14. that value means "EFAULT filename points outside your accessible address space" then sys_execve() is called. the call to it returns a value of zero. the manpage of execve says that the call to execve never returns and on an error -1 is returned. so with zero, the called program executed already and is done? (the program i called, namely "/bin/ping", shouldnt have returned that fast in my case). is it possible to prevent that from happening? thanks for your time! threadhead _____________________________________________________________________ Endlich SMS mit Bildern versenden! Das Bild selbst ist dabei gratis, Sie bezahlen lediglich den Versand. http://freemail.web.de/?mc=021195 -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
