Re: architecture to implement communication between static kernel with dynamic module

[Martin Zwickel <martin.zwickel@technotrend.de>]

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On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:09:01 +0000 (GMT)
sounak chakraborty <sounakrin@yahoo.co.in> bubbled:

> there is one my_own module
> which i will insert whenever i like through 
> insmod.
> thus when the module is loaded it will create a proc
> file 
> 
> now i want to send the structure variable of
> task_struct
> i.e p to the module from the kernel at point when the
> execution passes
> through forking a new process i.e 
> at the function do_fork() in fork.c in linux/kernel
> folder
> 
> how to do this
> 
> how can i call the module from that point  (i.e in
> do_fork())
> and pass the task_struct *p as parameter to the module
> 
> can i declare an arbitary name in fork.c of my module
> and compile the new kernel?
> i think i cannot since i am inserting a dynamic module
> to a static kernel executable
> and how does the kernel will know that this module
> will be attached later to it.
> it will show errors while compiling the new modified
> kernel
> 
> can you help me ?
> what path i must take
> thanks 
> sounak 
> 

Some kind of callback registration would do the job.

Regards,
Martin

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Martin Zwickel <martin.zwickel@technotrend.de>
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