Messages in this thread |  | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: Adding members to task_struct without recompling the kernel | Date | Wed, 13 Sep 2000 09:33:21 +1100 |
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On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 18:17:48 -0400 (EDT), Michael Vines <mjvines@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: >I'm writing a kernel module that needs to keep track of a pointer to some >custom module information for every task in the system. Basically I want >to add another member to task_struct but I don't want to have to >recompile the kernel to do it.
Your module initialization gets the current maximum number of tasks, allocates an array of the desired size and stores the size and address of the array in the module. Then store whatever you want in your private data area. If the max tasks value changes on the fly, reallocate your private data. Use a read/write to protect your private data during resizing.
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