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@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