linux-kernel - Re: How can I create or read/write a file in linux device driver?

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Message-ID: <20070112132459.GY13675@harddisk-recovery.com>
Date:	Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:24:59 +0100
From:	Erik Mouw <erik@...ddisk-recovery.com>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
Cc:	congwen <congwen@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How can I create or read/write a file in linux device driver?

On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 11:27:01AM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> On 12/01/07, congwen <congwen@...il.com> wrote:
> >Hello everyone, I want to create and read/write a file in Linux kernel or 
> >device driver,
> 
> Don't read/write user space files from kernel space.
> 
> Please search the archives, this get asked a lot and it has been
> explained a million times why it's a bad idea.
> You can also read http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8110

Rather point to

  http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ/WhyWritingFilesFromKernelIsBad


Erik

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