On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 11:51:13AM +0530, vimal.raj wrote:
> I'm a newbie to linux kernel.
> I need to take the sk buffer and directly pass to the
> application which is in the user space.
>
> How can i do it (my project want to read data packets from driver and give
> it to application without the help of socket mechanism.)
"I want to get this 1 ton package on the first floor without using a
crane. How can I do it?"
Why don't you use a socket and libpcap like tcpdump and
ethereal/wireshark do? Why wouldn't that work for you? ("Because I'm
special" is the wrong answer here.)
> I saw that there
> is a system call skb_copy_datagram_iovec() which can be used to send skb to
> userspace. Can i use it? Can anyone please help me by giving a procedure to
> implement this...
skb_copy_datagram_iovec() is not a syscall, it's an exported function,
but that doesn't mean it's a syscall.
Erik
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