open file in kthread on behalf of user process

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04-23-2011, 07:54 PM	#1
LinLove Member Registered: Apr 2006 Posts: 30 Rep:	open file in kthread on behalf of user process I am writing a kernel module which would start a kthread when a user process calls to it (using iotcl). How can i open a file using this kthread on behalf of user process, that is, when it returns to user space the process could use this file!?

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