Re: How to put something in /proc

2000-09-12 Thread Giuliano Pochini
> > On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Giuliano Pochini wrote: > > > I need to create a "file" in /proc to monitor some kernel > > > variables from user space. How can I do ? / Where can I > > > get docs ? And how can I do time measurements from > > > inside the kernel ? > > > > Search for proc_register() ins

Re: How to put something in /proc

2000-09-10 Thread Alexander Viro
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Davide Libenzi wrote: > OK, last time i've worked with proc stuff was two years ago, I've to update but: > > # find /usr/src/linux -name '*.c' -exec grep proc_register \{} \; | wc -l > 119 > > I'm not alone :-) On 2.2. Last October I've cleaned that crap in 2.3 - To uns

Re: How to put something in /proc

2000-09-10 Thread Alexander Viro
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Andrew Morton wrote: > Sigh. > > --- linux-2.4.0-test8/fs/proc/generic.c Thu Aug 24 21:07:24 2000 > +++ linux-akpm/fs/proc/generic.c Sun Sep 10 21:20:45 2000 > @@ -346,6 +346,13 @@ > lookup: proc_lookup, > }; > > +/* > + * _Don't_ > + * > + * pr

Re: How to put something in /proc

2000-09-10 Thread Davide Libenzi
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Alexander Viro wrote: > On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Davide Libenzi wrote: > > > On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Giuliano Pochini wrote: > > > I need to create a "file" in /proc to monitor some kernel > > > variables from user space. How can I do ? / Where can I > > > get docs ? And how can I

Re: How to put something in /proc

2000-09-10 Thread Andrew Morton
Alexander Viro wrote: > > > Search for proc_register() inside the kernel sources. > > _Don't_ > > proc_register() is dead. Use create_proc_read_entry() instead. > > Folks, support of the static procfs entries is gone and it will not be > back. Any initializer for struct proc_dir_entry is a LAR

Re: How to put something in /proc

2000-09-10 Thread Alexander Viro
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Davide Libenzi wrote: > On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Giuliano Pochini wrote: > > I need to create a "file" in /proc to monitor some kernel > > variables from user space. How can I do ? / Where can I > > get docs ? And how can I do time measurements from > > inside the kernel ? >

Re: How to put something in /proc

2000-09-10 Thread Davide Libenzi
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Giuliano Pochini wrote: > I need to create a "file" in /proc to monitor some kernel > variables from user space. How can I do ? / Where can I > get docs ? And how can I do time measurements from > inside the kernel ? Search for proc_register() inside the kernel sources. I do