Re: How to read file in kernel module?

[shyamjith <shyamjithe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,
   I want to read file in kernel module. can anybody
help me by giving code for that?
Also whats suitable way to do that in kernel /proc or
shared memory? what i want is to read and write a user
file frequently.
regards,
linux_lover


reply-----------------------------------------------


Hi linux lover . Reading or wriring a file from kernel is possible . But  
its not recomended . Its better to communicate with the kernel module  
using Copyto_User() function or write to a /proc buffer . Still if you  
want to access
the file from the kernel . The only possible way is to access the file is  
to use the underlying functions to open , read  & write . I dont exactly  
remembre the function names . But everything starts with file_XXX . Search  
for that in www.

regards,
shyam

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