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From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:19:30 -0800
Subject: Kernel user communication mechanism
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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