Re: notifiers to user space

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Ramagudi Naziir wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 3/11/07, Asim <asimkadav@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Sunday 11 March 2007 17:47, Ramagudi Naziir wrote:
> 
>> > > Do anyone have an idea how to send a notifier to a user space
>> application ?
>>
>> Use the proc_ref and proc_signal interface. It is a relaible, unambiguous
>> signal notification mechanism.
> 
> Hmm.. are you sure it exists for Linux ?
> 
> I can't find this symbol (btw found man pages for it only for Unixes
> and Solaris).
> 
> Can you point me to an LXR link or kernel file or something ?
> 
> Thank You,
> naziir.

How about letting the application install a callback routine through some
IOCTL and you actually signal the application?

You might find it interesting....
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/4/42

Regards
--Himanshu


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