Re: execute a user process in the kernel

From: Bruce M Simpson (bms_at_spc.org)
Date: 09/23/04

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To: Gordon David <kylincsos@hotmail.com>

    On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 08:18:14AM +0000, Gordon David wrote:
    > Kqueue is a good method to notify the user. But I want the code in the
    > kernel directly calls a user program.

    This is Very, Very Hard indeed, because it's not something supported by
    the system, but it should be possible. Look at create_init() and
    start_init() and see if they can be adapted to your needs. The hard
    part here is building the process image. Good luck.

    BMS
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