On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 5:25 PM, anish singh <anish198519851985@gmail.com>wrote:
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 4:51 PM, पारस <beparas@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi All,
To read/write data to user-space from kernel-space we use copy_from_user() and copy_to_user() functions.
What is the use of these function? Why kernel can't directly access user address and read/write on to it? what will happen if the user space process gets scheduled out while you were using it?
copy_to/from_user should always be called from process context. So even if
a process is scheduled out there is not impact, as when process schedule back in copying will resume to/from correct page.
Can any one explain why kernel can't directly access the user-space address.
Thanks
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