Is it possible to access symbols exported by modules from inside the kernel ?
I put a funtion call inside the kernel code but this funtion must be implemented in a module. I tried export as a module symbol but when i tried to recompile the kernel.. :-(
Warning: implicit declaration of my_funtion
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Error: Undefined reference to my_funtion.
How can i fix this mistake!????
Thanks in advance,
Cris Amon.
[email protected] wrote:
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> Is it possible to access symbols exported by modules from inside the kernel ?
>
> I put a funtion call inside the kernel code but this funtion must be implemented in a module. I tried export as a module symbol but when i tried to recompile the kernel.. :-(
>
> Warning: implicit declaration of my_funtion
> .
> .
> .
> Error: Undefined reference to my_funtion.
>
> How can i fix this mistake!????
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Cris Amon.
You will need to use a function pointer hook that the module fills in
when it is loaded. For an example look at devpts_upcall_new and
devpts_upcall_kill in fs/devpts/inode.c. The hooks are resident in the
kernel and are exported so the module can see them. The caller then
needs to check if the hook is null and optionally request the module be
loaded.
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Brian Gerst
On Mon, 6 Nov 2000 16:24:13 -0300,
[email protected] wrote:
>Is it possible to access symbols exported by modules from inside the kernel ?
Not via symbol name, the linkage goes module => kernel, not the other
way round. Your module needs to register its data when it loads, then
any code can use the registration "get" function to access the data.
This works kernel <=> kernel, kernel <=> module, module <=> module. Be
careful that you lock the module down while you are using its data.
See ftp://ftp.ocs.com.au/pub/2.4.0-test10-pre6-module-symbol.gz for
sample registration code.
We have a generic way of doing this which we are about to release - called
GKHI (Generalised Kernel Hooks Interface) would you like a copy to test?
Richard Moore - RAS Project Lead - Linux Technology Centre (PISC).
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[email protected] said:
> You will need to use a function pointer hook that the module fills in
> when it is loaded. For an example look at devpts_upcall_new and
> devpts_upcall_kill in fs/devpts/inode.c. The hooks are resident in
> the kernel and are exported so the module can see them. The caller
> then needs to check if the hook is null and optionally request the
> module be loaded.
get_module_symbol() does this for you without having to use such a hook
/me runs
:)
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dwmw2
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 02:41:42PM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> get_module_symbol() does this for you without having to use such a hook
>
> /me runs
So I guess you know already, that it died in 2.4.0-test11-pre1
and you are suggesting dead code? ;-)
Regards
Ingo Oeser
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