linux-kernel - Re: intercommunications between Linux kernel modules

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Message-ID: <CAOzbF4d+4cZNu_jTPuWcxves2QvidczcfzMzspMKYkGHi-mFxA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 6 Oct 2011 19:59:55 -0700
From:	Cyclonus J <cyclonusj@...il.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: intercommunications between Linux kernel modules

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:
> Cyclonus J <cyclonusj@...il.com> writes:
>
>> I am looking for a way to do an IPC-like communications between two
>> linux kernel modules, such as mqueue or shared memory. After searching
>> for a while, I can't find such information available inside existing
>> linux kernel or online.
>>
>> So, my question is if this is something discussed before here and gets
>> rejected or still might be accepted in the mainstream kernel tree?
>
> All kernel memory is shared in Linux, so the concept doesn't make sense.
>
> If you want to send messages or communicate inside the kernel there are
> lots of different facilities available.

Andi,

That would be great! Could you point me to some facilities that can do
this message passing between kernels?

Thanks,
CJ

>
> -Andi
> --
> ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only
>
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