mount and unmount in kernel mode

nitinbaldi · 02-09-2007, 04:16 AM

Hi,
I am trying to mount my drive partition from inside the kernel code.
I have tried using the command system("mount /mnt/c"); , but this thing causes an error during kernel compilation.
Can anyone help me on how to mount and unmount devices from the kernel code i.e from within the kernel mode

varun_shrivastava · 02-09-2007, 04:31 AM

i think mount command will not work in kernel mode
as it is a command provided to the user which works in user space

u should see the implementation of mount in kernel source

nitinbaldi · 02-09-2007, 06:36 AM

I have tried sys_umount command. But even it is not doing the work for me ....

Quakeboy02 · 02-09-2007, 07:01 PM

What are you trying to accomplish? If you need to open a file, chances are you should be doing your task in user space.