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Kernel Message Queues



Hello all,

I want to use message-queues in a Linux kernel module (v2.6.12.5). However, I am unable to find any exported APIs for using message-queues in kernel-space.

In ipc/msg.c file, I see some message-queue functions implemented such as sys_msgrcv(), sys_msgsnd(), etc.

However, these functions are not exported for use in kernel modules. Also, they seem to be implemented for servicing user-space message-queue requests.

I would appreciate any pointers towards equivalent message-queue APIs for kernel-space.

 

Thanks,

Sarthak Ray