Re: parameters passing problem in driver module

[Erik Mouw]

On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 04:07:55PM +0530, Srinivas Surabhi wrote:
> In application program ,code for call to write system call is given
> below...
>       #include<fcntl.h>
>     main()
> 	 { 
> 	  int count,fd;
> 	 fd=open("/dev/pseudo",O_RDWR);
> 	  write(fd,buff,5);
> 	  }
> 	  
> In driver module code for getting the buffer and count 
> 
>     #include<all related header files...>
>      
>     int psuedo_write(struct inode*in,struct file*fp,char *buf,int count)

This should read:

static ssize_t pseudo_write(struct file* file, 
                            const char *buf, 
                            size_t count,
                            loff_t* ppos);

>     {
>       kprintf("<1>pseudo_write routine called \n");
>       kprintf("<1>count=%d \n",count);
>       kprintf("<1>buffer=%s \n",buff);
>       return 0;
>     } 
> /******so here after inserting the module into the kernel using insmod 
> pseudo.o and executing the application cc -c pseudo_app.c, the o/p on
> console is *****/
> 
> "pseudo_write routine called" 
> "count=9988345352" /*garbage*/
> "buffer=@#%h" .   /*garbage*/
> 
> /*** but neither the  buffer is carried from user space to kernel space nor
> the count, why?***/Please help me
> out.

Not strange at all, you're using the wrong parameters so you get what
you asked for: garbage in, garbage out.

You get the source for all other drivers for free. Use it.

Erik

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