Kernel user communication mechanism

[rohan puri]

On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Greg KH <greg at kroah.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 10:56:16AM +0530, rohan puri wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Konstantin Zertsekel <
> zertsekel at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >     > Was having a look at the netlink sockets. What will be the
> behaviour for
> >     > sending an event which is blocking on the response from user-space
> the
> >     queue
> >     > is full. How this case will be handled.
> >     >
> >     > Also fanotify makes use of fsnotify's notification mechanism to
> send
> >     events
> >     > and get response from kernel. Is it possible to send event from
> >     user-space
> >     > to kernel space in -case of fanotify.
> >
> >     Why is it interesting?
> >     What is the story behind?
> >     --- Kosta
> >
> >
> > I need to move the IP in user-space which currently is as a proprietary
> module
> > and release the kernel component as GPL.
> >
> > So for decision making I require this communication.
>
> Please consult a lawyer as to if this is really a proper separation that
> will hold up to the GPL requirements of the kernel.
>
> good luck,
>
> greg k-h
>

Thanks greg for the suggestion. Companies manager are looking into those
legal matters. I as a developer have been told to work on U-K & K-U
communication mechanism. Would love to have your suggestion as to how to go
about it?

Thanks & Regards,
Rohan Puri
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