2010/9/2 Greg KH <gre...@gmail.com>

> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Rene Gonzalez <renegs.2...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I want to map an  user space buffer from an application into kernel
> space...
>
> Why?  What type of driver is this?
>

Well this intended to be procfs driver to check some data buffer status
so I don't see any login in mapping any kernel buffer if it's not going to
be modified
kernel.

>
> > Since this buffer is defined in the app domain I want to keep it and
> avoid to
> > mapping kernel buffer to be used by this application.
>
> Why not do it the other way around?  Map your kernel buffer into
> userspace, that's the easier way to do this (if it's even needed.)
>
> Note, for general kernel related questions like this, try the
> kernelnewbies mailing list, it's better for it.
>
> Thanks Greg I'll have a try on kernelnewbies mailing list

Regards,
Rene.

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