Re: execute a user process in the kernel

From: Mike Meyer (mwm_at_mired.org)
Date: 09/23/04

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To: "Gordon David" <kylincsos@hotmail.com>

    In <BAY1-F10eZZfm95LyRk00055aa3@hotmail.com>, Gordon David <kylincsos@hotmail.com> typed:
    >
    > >From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
    > >To: Gordon David <kylincsos@hotmail.com>
    > >CC: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
    > >Subject: Re: execute a user process in the kernel
    > >Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 08:02:18 +0000 (UTC)
    > >
    > >On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Gordon David wrote:
    > >
    > > > That's the point. I do not want the userland program to check
    > /dev/fooctl
    > > > from time to time. I want the kernel to notify the userland program
    > > > instead. So how shall I do it? Maybe linker_load_file is a better way.
    > >
    > >man 2 kqueue ?
    > Kqueue is a good method to notify the user. But I want the code in the
    > kernel directly calls a user program.

    How about starting with the code in kern/kern_exec.c?

            <mike 

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Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>		http://www.mired.org/consulting.html
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