From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
Cc: forop066@zaz.com.br, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Calling module symbols from inside the kernel !
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 14:41:42 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <13979.973608102@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3A070BEF.7712DEDB@didntduck.org>
In-Reply-To: <3A070BEF.7712DEDB@didntduck.org> <200011061924.QAA31314@srv1-for.for.zaz.com.br>
bgerst@didntduck.org said:
> You will need to use a function pointer hook that the module fills in
> when it is loaded. For an example look at devpts_upcall_new and
> devpts_upcall_kill in fs/devpts/inode.c. The hooks are resident in
> the kernel and are exported so the module can see them. The caller
> then needs to check if the hook is null and optionally request the
> module be loaded.
get_module_symbol() does this for you without having to use such a hook
/me runs
:)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-11-07 14:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-11-06 19:24 Calling module symbols from inside the kernel ! forop066
2000-11-06 19:52 ` Brian Gerst
2000-11-07 3:11 ` Keith Owens
2000-11-07 14:41 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2000-11-08 11:52 ` Ingo Oeser
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2000-11-07 7:52 richardj_moore
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