> Hi,
>
> Can any body tell me how the process running in user space can
> access the kernel space memory allocated by kmalloc()?
> I want to process the network packets received from the eth controller
> card driver in user space.
>
> thanks
> kams
>
Make a device-driver (kernel module). Implement at least open, close,
and read.
If the device is open, write ethernet packets to your device-driver
buffer. Dynamically allocate/deallocate kernel memory to hold these
packets.
>From user-space, open the device and read from it.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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