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DateWed, 27 Apr 2011 11:00:32 +0800
SubjectRe: How to export information larger than PROC_BLOCK_SIZE via /proc file system?
FromAmérico Wang <>
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Jidong Xiao <jidong.xiao@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am tracing some data inside the kernel, and I plan to export the
> tracing data through /proc file system. I created a file under /proc
> file system, and I use cat to display the tracing data. However, every
> time there is only 3072 bytes data displayed, which is the size
> defined by PROC_BLOCK_SIZE. And I wonder that how to export
> information more than that limit? Judging from the function
> fs/proc/generic.c/proc_file_read(), if the size returned by my
> read_proc function is large than a PAGE_SIZE, then I will get a
> KERN_ERR message which says "proc_file_read: Apparent buffer
> overflow!". Any help would be appreciated!
>

Why not switch to use debugfs?


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