From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: how to create node in Kernel space???
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:23:38 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051208142338.GA14279@vrfy.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <EF2969FFE97CF846A6A7F1980B8787AA02555420@hstmsg002.corp.satyam.ad>
On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 06:20:32PM +0530, Srinivasu_Garimella wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am using 2.6.13 kernel . how to create node(ex : mknod /dev/FIFO c 253
> 0) in kernel space??
> Please suggest me ..
Simple, don't do. Never create files in userspace from inside the kernel.
Use something that triggers an event and let userspace create that file, or
just make sure it is always there, regardless of the kernel state.
Kay
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2005-12-08 12:52 how to create node in Kernel space??? Srinivasu_Garimella
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