Message Q(sys_msgsnd) in Kernel
 

Hi,
I was trying to use Message Queues for sending message from an
inserted kernel module to user space. The function sys_msgsnd failed
giving the obvious error -EFAULT.
However, I was able to send the message from kernel to user space when I had made the same driver part of kernel (and not inserting it).
How is that possible?
I am using linux.2.6.19.x (arch=ppc)

I now use Netlink socket to communicate from kernel to user, but the above
problem seemed strange to me. Pls help resolve.
Thanks.

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I guess it has more to do with the method you allocate memory for the message. Could you eleborate on this subject?

Message Q (sys_msgsnd) in Kernel
 

I have tried obtaining the memory using kmalloc as well as declaring it as a local variable. Result is the same in either case. My msgbuf structure is:
struct MsgQ_Packet
{
long mtype;
unsigned short length;
unsigned short opcode;
unsigned short subfield;
unsigned short debug;
unsigned char msg[2];
};

case 1:
/* Global */
struct MsgQ_Packet *my_tx_msg = NULL;
void init(void) {
..
my_tx_msg = kmalloc(sizeof(struct MsgQ_Packet),GFP_KERNEL);
..
}

void sendmessage(u16 opcode, u16 subfield) {
..
ret = sys_msgsnd(drv_qid, (struct msgbuf *)my_tx_msg, sizeof(struct MsgQ_Packet) - sizeof(long), IPC_NOWAIT);
..
}

case 2:
void sendmessage(u16 opcode, u16 subfield) {
struct MsgQ_Packet my_tx_msg ;
..
ret = sys_msgsnd(drv_qid, (struct msgbuf *)&my_tx_msg, sizeof(struct MsgQ_Packet) - sizeof(long), IPC_NOWAIT);
..
}