From: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
To: Xiaozhou Qiu <xzqiu@hotmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: how to communicate between kernel and user space?
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:46:01 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10111291044490.16407-100000@master.linux-ide.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <F56sjUHQHh2wLCVYl4m0000010f@hotmail.com>
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Xiaozhou Qiu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am sorry if this is a newbie's question. I am developing a kernel module
> which needs to call some crypt functions implemented in user space. Since
> those functions utilize openssl library, I assume there is no easy way to
> port them into kernel.
>
> I wonder whether there is an easy and elegant way to call the user space
> functions from the kernel and get the results, if /proc can not be used. If
> anybody knows where I can find a crypt library in the kernel, that will be a
> great help too.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Xiaozhou Qiu
So you want to import content encryption from user space to bork the data
in the storage array -- don't think so -- regards.
Andre Hedrick
CEO/President, LAD Storage Consulting Group
Linux ATA Development
Linux Disk Certification Project
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-11-29 19:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-29 17:27 how to communicate between kernel and user space? Xiaozhou Qiu
2001-11-29 14:38 ` Leonardo C. Filho
2001-11-29 18:46 ` Andre Hedrick [this message]
2001-11-30 8:01 ` Ahmed Masud
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