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@@ -1661,11 +1661,11 @@ the processes.
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writing regular programs to run as processes, there is no need to worry about
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segments. When you write a kernel module, normally you want to access
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the kernel memory segment, which is handled automatically by the system.
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-However, when the content of a memory buffer needs to be passed between
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-the currently running process and the kernel, the kernel function receives a
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-pointer to the memory buffer which is in the process segment. The put_user
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-and get_user macros allow you to access that memory. These functions
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-handle only one caracter, you can handle several caracters with copy_to_user
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+However, when the content of a memory buffer needs to be passed between the
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+currently running process and the kernel, the kernel function receives a pointer
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+to the memory buffer which is in the process segment. The put_user and
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+get_user macros allow you to access that memory. These functions handle
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+only one character, you can handle several characters with copy_to_user
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and copy_from_user. As the buffer (in read or write function) is in kernel
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space, for write function you need to import data because it comes from
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user space, but not for the read function because data is already in kernel
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@@ -1949,7 +1949,7 @@ and stop(). The <span class='obeylines-h'><span class='verb'><span class='ectt-1
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file.
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</p><!-- l. 1009 --><p class='indent'> A sequence begins with the call of the function start(). If the return is a non
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NULL value, the function next() is called. This function is an iterator, the goal is to
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-go thought all the data. Each time next() is called, the function show() is also called.
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+go through all the data. Each time next() is called, the function show() is also called.
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It writes data values in the buffer read by the user. The function next() is called until
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it returns NULL. The sequence ends when next() returns NULL, then the function
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stop() is called.
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