Re: Reading from file in module fails

[Erik Mouw]

On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 12:50:41PM +0200, Libor Vanek wrote:
> I need to copy files (yes - I know that kernel shouldn't do this but
> I REALLY need).

This is ugly, but it should do the trick:

int rv;
char *argv[4] = {"/bin/cp", "/tmp/foo", "/tmp/bar", NULL};
char *envp[3] = {"HOME=/", "PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin", NULL};

rv = call_usermodehelper(argv[0], argv, envp, 1);

if(rv < 0) {
	/* error handling */
}

Called from kernel, done in userspace. And if you want to access an SQL
database from kernel tomorrow, it's just a matter of changing the
usermode helper.

(BTW, if you need to copy files from kernel, it's usually a sign of bad
design)


Erik

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