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Subject: Re: Library (ab)use in kernel land
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In message: <20040827182358.GA2114@tin.it>
            Paolo Pisati <flag@oltrelinux.com> writes:
: As a general rule of thumb, 
: which are the safe libraries we can link against 
: while developing a kernel module?

None.

: I mean, can i use libc functions? All of them?

No.  You can't.

: And what about the other libraries in the base system?

None.

You can use some functions traditionally in libc that are in the
kernel in libkern only.

Warner