From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Kernel user communication mechanism
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:19:30 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111216151930.GA7953@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALJfu6N+e6YcVQLt7DtkSOk+e=02vG5O0G=eRWy4ifoitxGvLQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 10:56:16AM +0530, rohan puri wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Konstantin Zertsekel <zertsekel@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Was having a look at the netlink sockets. What will be the behaviour for
> > sending an event which is blocking on the response from user-space the
> queue
> > is full. How this case will be handled.
> >
> > Also fanotify makes use of fsnotify's notification mechanism to send
> events
> > and get response from kernel. Is it possible to send event from
> user-space
> > to kernel space in -case of fanotify.
>
> Why is it interesting?
> What is the story behind?
> --- Kosta
>
>
> I need to move the IP in user-space which currently is as a proprietary module
> and release the kernel component as GPL.
>
> So for decision making I require this communication.
Please consult a lawyer as to if this is really a proper separation that
will hold up to the GPL requirements of the kernel.
good luck,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-16 15:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-14 11:44 Kernel user communication mechanism rohan puri
2011-12-15 12:24 ` Konstantin Zertsekel
2011-12-16 5:26 ` rohan puri
2011-12-16 15:19 ` Greg KH [this message]
2011-12-16 16:17 ` rohan puri
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