its a terrible idea to call user functions from the kernel will most likely bring instability and security probs. why not try a user-space device driver. its like proxying device file callbacks into user-space, it does many of the things that kernel drivers can't, such as read files from the file system. npguy On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 23:08, Brad Dickerson wrote: > Hi, > I was not aware it was evil to call open from a kernel space module. > Why? Should I use some other function to access the files on disk from > kernel space? Need the persistence feature of disks in my module. > thanks, > Brad > > > > The information contained in this message is confidential and is intended for the addressee only. If you have received this message in error or there are any problems, please notify the sender immediately. The unauthorized use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this message is strictly forbidden. > > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
