OT: kernel oops

[Don Raikes]

I agree that a good knowledge of c is a prerequisite for this kind of programming, but this is my first semester in theis masters program, and they threw us into the deep end pretty quickly.

I had a c class about 8 years ago and have forgotten a lot of it.
I am also taking a c++ class this summer, but it isn't getting into any of this stuff yet.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason White [mailto:jason at jasonjgw.net] 
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 10:51 PM
To: speakup at linux-speakup.org
Subject: Re: OT: kernel oops

Don Raikes <don.raikes at oracle.com> wrote:
> Ok so I get it, but the problem is that I am hooking into the sys_write systemcall, and it is by default cast to a const.
> 
> If I leave it as is, and cast the buf in my copy_to_user to a (char*) should that work?
> 

Try (void __user *)
which according to Linux Device Drivers is the correct type for copy_to_user.
> Sorry my knowledge of c is very limited :)

I would suggest reading a good book on the subject in that case.

A good knowledge of C is a prerequisite for what you are doing.

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