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()

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() inside the kernel

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

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_ > + * > + *

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

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

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 don't

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 do time

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 LARTable

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_ + * + *

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

How to put something in /proc

2000-09-09 Thread Giuliano Pochini
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 ? Bye. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message