hi Aniruddha,
thanks for reply. what i want is whenever i execute read function i should get new values. what i did i add new get_info_function to get value when i write cat mytext by each second on console i am getting new value from file.
regards,
parag
On Fri, 28 May 2004 Aniruddha Patwardhan wrote :
>Hey,
>entries in /proc are generally just callbacks to "read" functions you
>implement. There is nothing like value in /proc getting refreshed after
>particular time.
>
>Each time you open the /proc file your callback function gets called and
>that function puts the contents in the /proc/<filename> buffer.
>
>So each time u call read on /proc file what ever your callback returns
>gets showed as contents of file.
>
>If u want to file gets refreshed only after 2 mins, implement this
>functionality in the callback itself. i.e.
>1. store the value u get at time x in a buf
>2. whenever function gets called if diff between current time and time
>at which I stored the value is more that 2 mins
>3. If YES then call the actual callback routen ELSE just dump the old
>values stored in the buffer.
>
>HTH,
>Aniruddha
>http://aniruddha.talk.to
>
>On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 12:30, linux lover wrote:
> > hello,
> > i want to know whether the kernel writes to /proc dir
> > at each seconds or as data updates are avialable?
> > actually i want to acheive the updation to /proc entry
> > after 2 minute interval. i successfully created a
> > /proc/net/mytext entry but it updates that file at
> > each seconds not after specific interval. i also use
> > jiffies and add a timer function to be called after
> > update to file but it will not be reflecting? the file
> > is updates at every seconds? help me.
> > regards,
> > linux_lover
> >
> >
> >
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