Re: Is socket communication socket possible between kernel modules and user space?

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



--- vaishali  paisal <vaishalipaisal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>  Hello,
> 
> I have a query whether we can use sockets to
> communicate between kernel modules and user space
> ?And whether we can use sockets to communicate
> between kernel modules themselves.

AFAIK, you can. But I dont think it is not a good idea
to use sockets to communicate between kernel modules. 

> I know that proc filesystem,ioctls,system calls
> ,netlink sockets can be used for communication
> between user and kernel space.And to communicate
> between kernel modules EXPORT works.But i wonder
> whether sockets work or not!

See the article by Rubini.

http://www.linux-mag.com/2000-12/gear_01.html.

Regards,
Arvind k.


		
__________________________________ 
Yahoo! Mail Mobile 
Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. 
http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail 

--
Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel.
Archive:       http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/
FAQ:           http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/


[Index of Archives]     [Newbies FAQ]     [Linux Kernel Mentors]     [Linux Kernel Development]     [IETF Annouce]     [Git]     [Networking]     [Security]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux SCSI]     [Linux ACPI]
  Powered by Linux