Hi Amith, Thanx a lot for ur prompt reply. I want to implement socket from the module. I won't be having any user process running to handle the descriptors coming from socket. Could you pl tell me how to handle the socket descriptor from the kernel module? Thanx, rakesh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amith" <amith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Rakesh Jagota" <j.rakesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 11:07 AM Subject: Re: opening a file inside the kernel module > Rakesh Jagota wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > I am working in linux, i would like to know abt whether can I open a file > > inside the kernel module without using any application. If so how how the > > files_struct will be maintained. Does a kernel module has this struct? > > > > Waiting for any suggestion from the list. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > rakesh > > > > -- > > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > > hi there, > when your module is used by a process , it runs in that process context then it ( the process which used > your module) has a files_struct which is updated when you open a file from inside the kernel . A module doesnt have a > files_struct on its own , cause it is not a process and doesnt have s task_struct too ( doesn't need one ) . > > cheers, > Amith > > PS: Opening a file from inside the kernel is not a good idea anyway . > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
