On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 10:56:16AM +0530, rohan puri wrote:

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Konstantin Zertsekel [off-list ref]
wrote:

    > Was having a look at the netlink sockets. What will be the behaviour for
    > sending an event which is blocking on the response from user-space the
    queue
    > is full. How this case will be handled.
    >
    > Also fanotify makes use of fsnotify's notification mechanism to send
    events
    > and get response from kernel. Is it possible to send event from
    user-space
    > to kernel space in -case of fanotify.

    Why is it interesting?
    What is the story behind?
    --- Kosta


I need to move the IP in user-space which currently is as a proprietary module
and release the kernel component as GPL.

So for decision making I require this communication.

Please consult a lawyer as to if this is really a proper separation that
will hold up to the GPL requirements of the kernel.

good luck,

greg k-h