amith <amith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Mauricio Lin wrote: > >>Hi all, >> >>Does anyone know how can i develop a program that >>communicates with kernel? >> >>I would like to develop an application that can read >>some kernel data structures like task struct? >> >>BR, >> >>Mauricio Lin. >> > as somebody already mentioned write a new system call , > and the other way would be to use a device file to read and write > something from the kernel. for every read your device_read can read > the task_struct of whichever pid you want the task_struct of , and > your user program could pass the pid or prog name of the process. > this is a simple and easier way of reading/writing to the kernel. Read > a little about module programming and you can implement it without > much trouble. I hear relayfs is good for large amounts of data. -- Ed L Cashin <ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx> -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
