Re: [uml-user] proc fs and ip address

[Nic James Ferrier <nferrier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Blaisorblade <blaisorblade@xxxxxxxx> writes:

>> but how hard can it 
>> be?
>
> That's a lie, face it... it _is_ hard. Being a very smart programmer helps, 
> but as you say documentation is lacking, so you become able to write good 
> code when you're able to face lack of documentation.

I meant that, it is not, of itself, difficult. It's only finding the
information that is the problem. You don't have to be a super-genius
to write kernel code.


> Wait - I think this specific case does not need any work with dentries, it is 
> different from the crash I described. I was giving generic suggestions - 
> afterwards I looked at sys_getdents and found that this one was easier. 
> Finish this patch this way and it can be (IMHO) accepted with interest 
> (after "impedence matching" with kernel standards - codingStyle et similar 
> things).

You mean finish it with vfs_readdir. I'll have a look.


> Mconsole exec would also be useful for this, if it could return output - maybe 
> redirecting to dev/console would do that (to test) or it could maybe be added 
> easily, now.

Sure. It would be better the have the information in proc though.


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Nic Ferrier
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