Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:26:43 +0530 From: "Joseph Koshy" <joseph.koshy@gmail.com> To: "Kim Shrier" <kim@tinker.com> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: The proper way to open a file from inside the kernel Message-ID: <84dead720608232056o183976ffidc1c506434e754b9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <77B636A3-5AED-41E6-AB98-91178E1D10D8@tinker.com> References: <77B636A3-5AED-41E6-AB98-91178E1D10D8@tinker.com>
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> I am experimenting with modifying a kernel module and I need > to be able to open/read/write/close a file from within the > module. Is there a preferred way to do this? Are there any > locking or buffering issues that I need to be aware of? sys/kern/kern_alq.c:alq_open() and sys/kern/kern_ktrace.c:ktrace() have examples. -- FreeBSD Volunteer, http://people.freebsd.org/~jkoshy
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