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Re: Sharing a global variable between a user space application and a Kernel module

On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 03:02:10PM +0800, Vanitha Ramaswami wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> How do i access a global variable defined in a user space application
> from a kernel module.?

Short answer:
	You can't.

Long answer:
	you must write code to be able to export/import that variable
	through some means (proc, sysfs, sysctl, etc.)


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