Re: namei() and opening files in the kernel
Michael K. Johnson (johnsonm@nigel.vnet.net)
Wed, 01 May 1996 15:00:22 -0400
Alan Cox writes:
>> My question is: am I doing something I shouldn't? If so, how should I be doing this? If not, any ideas about what I might be doing wrong?
>
>To make calls with kernel space as if it were user space you do:
>
> int fs=get_fs();
> set_fs(get_ds());
>
> somefunction();
>
> set_fs(get_fs());
Shouldn't that last line be
set_fs(fs);
?
michaelkjohnson