Re: Access User address from kernel thread

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Karthik.G. wrote:
> The goal is to pass the system call parameters in 
> the a predefined location in the user process .
> The kernel thread will have to  read and execute
> the particular system call . This will be faster
> than the  normal system call mechanism but the
> trouble is  Im not able to access the user process
> page directly by resetting mm or active_mm . The
> kernel mmap() implementation already exists but
> there were not much benefits.

Are you looking for something similar to Kernel Mode Linux(KML)?
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6516

> Erik
> 


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