Re: Safety in Kernel Development

2015-08-19 Thread Kenneth Adam Miller
Ok, agreed. I hadn't known that much - I apologize for getting this to the wrong list. I've not at all proposed any kernel overhaul effort, only how to affect my own code. :) Thank you to all mentors who gave advice. :) On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 3:23 AM, Ruben Safir ru...@mrbrklyn.com wrote: On

Comprehensive Linux API manual by subsystem Required

2015-08-19 Thread Sasha Mckinsey
Hello, I know this is not a question which belongs in the Newbies list but there is a strong chance that someone out here might know about such a resource. I am developing a user space program which interacts with file system and cryptography so I looking for a comprehensive on the lines of

Re: How can I set a proxy to let git send-email command use it?

2015-08-19 Thread Victor Rodriguez
You need the smtp ... like this : [vrodri3@localhost ~]$ cat ~/.gitconfig [user] name = Victor email = victor.rodriguez.bah...@intel.com [push] default = simple [sendemail] from=Victor Rodriguez victor.rodriguez.bah...@intel.com chainreplyto = false smtpserver = yopur

RE: msleep() in interrupt handler?

2015-08-19 Thread Jeff Haran
From: kernelnewbies-boun...@kernelnewbies.org [mailto:kernelnewbies-boun...@kernelnewbies.org] On Behalf Of Woody Wu Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 4:47 PM To: kernelnewbies Subject: msleep() in interrupt handler? Hi List, What will happen if call msleep() in an interrupt handler? I knew

Re: How can I set a proxy to let git send-email command use it?

2015-08-19 Thread Nan Xiao
Hi Victor, My .gitconfig file is like this: [user] name = Nan Xiao email = xxx...@chinadtrace.org [sendemail] smtpencryption = ssl smtpserver = mail.chinadtrace.org smtpuser = xxx...@chinadtrace.org smtpserverport = 465 smtppass =

msleep() in interrupt handler?

2015-08-19 Thread Woody Wu
Hi List, What will happen if call msleep() in an interrupt handler? I knew the msleep() will cause the calling process to sleep, but in the context of interruption, there is no process, so I am wondering what is getting 'sleep' in this situation. -woody -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

Re: [Off-topic] SCM using git

2015-08-19 Thread amit mehta
On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 6:57 AM, Chetan Nanda chetanna...@gmail.com wrote: 1. Better to have a proper review process in place, gerrit is one of the best tools I have used so far for reviewing, 2. Keep a master branch always compilable (run able) and merge rights should be only to integrator.

Re: Re: How can I set a proxy to let git send-email command use it?

2015-08-19 Thread Nan Xiao
Hi Bo, 465 is the smtp port which uses ssl protocol. Thanks! Best Regards Nan Xiao On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 8:26 AM, YU Bo yuzib...@126.com wrote: Maybe you can install mutt to test proxy. Right is the smtpserverport? Sent from Mail Master On 2015-08-20 07:45 , Nan Xiao

Re: Re: How can I set a proxy to let git send-email command use it?

2015-08-19 Thread YU Bo
Maybe you can install mutt to test proxy. Right is the smtpserverport? Sent from Mail Master On 2015-08-20 07:45 , Nan Xiao Wrote: Hi Victor, My .gitconfig file is like this: [user] name = Nan Xiao email = xxx...@chinadtrace.org [sendemail] smtpencryption

Re: Questions on Netlink sockets

2015-08-19 Thread Rami Rosen
Hi, Bhaskar, Thanks for posting the code. PS: I am humbled to see a reply from you. I read Chapter 2 from your book to understand netlink sockets. I hope you enjoyed it and find it useful! + My code is not creating VLAN interface as executed by the 'ip link ...' command. Can you elaborate a

Re: msleep() in interrupt handler?

2015-08-19 Thread Woody Wu
On Thursday, August 20, 2015, Jeff Haran jeff.ha...@citrix.com wrote: *From:* kernelnewbies-boun...@kernelnewbies.org javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kernelnewbies-boun...@kernelnewbies.org'); [mailto:kernelnewbies-boun...@kernelnewbies.org

Re: Questions on Netlink sockets

2015-08-19 Thread Bhaskar Upadhyayula
Hi Rami, Thanks for the response. With the help of a colleague, I was able to debug the issue. I was not *nesting* the attributes and not adjusting the attribute lengths properly. I am still figuring out how nesting works exactly and the need for it. If anyone is interested, attaching the

Re: Safety in Kernel Development

2015-08-19 Thread Ruben Safir
On 08/18/2015 08:30 PM, Kenneth Adam Miller wrote: My interest is clearly on approaches that can be taken to do hardened kernel module development. OK - so that is not this list. This is a list for newbies mentoring and linux kernel development. The only people here that would have any

Re: Safety in Kernel Development

2015-08-19 Thread Ruben Safir
On 08/18/2015 08:30 PM, Kenneth Adam Miller wrote: | this is not a rational approach I'm very strongly confident the approach of achieving stronger guarantees Off topic ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org

How can I set a proxy to let git send-email command use it?

2015-08-19 Thread Nan Xiao
Hi all, My Linux server uses a proxy, but I find the git send-email command doesn't use the proxy, so the mail can't be sent. How can I set a proxy to let git send-email command use it? Thanks very much in advance! Best Regards Nan Xiao ___