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From: "Joseph Koshy" <joseph.koshy@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: The proper way to open a file from inside the kernel
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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.

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