Re: Files within the kernel <FAQ>

Arjan van de Ven (root@fenrus.demon.nl)
Tue, 26 Oct 1999 20:27:44 +0200 (CEST)


In article <Pine.LNX.3.95.991026131739.9276A-100000@chaos.analogic.com> you wrote:

> Hello!

> Every day or two somebody is trying to access files from within the
> kernel. To access files, you need a process context. This is because a
> file-descriptor means nothing to the kernel without some task to associate
> it with.

For an example, see http://www.fenrus.demon.nl/kernel.html .

Greetings,
Arjan van de Ven

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