lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2004]   [May]   [5]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: Read from file fails
> Libor Vanek wrote:
> >OK - how can I "notify" userspace process? Signals are "weak" - I need
> > to send some data (filename etc.) to process. One solution is "on this
> > signal call this syscall and result of this syscall will be data you
> > need" - but I'd prefer to handle this in one "action".
> My first thoughts are to make it a blocking call.

You mean like:
- send signal to user-space process
- wait until user-space process pick ups data (filename etc.), creates copy of file (or whatever) and calls another system call that he's finished
- let kernel to continue syscall I blocked
?

Libor
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 14:02    [W:0.288 / U:0.272 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site