Linux Kernel Procfs Guide

Erik (J.A.K.) Mouw

Delft University of Technology
Faculty of Information Technology and Systems


            
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Revision History
Revision 1.0 May 30, 2001
Initial revision posted to linux-kernel
Revision 1.1 June 3, 2001
Revised after comments from linux-kernel

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Managing procfs entries
Creating a regular file
Creating a symlink
Creating a directory
Removing an entry
3. Communicating with userland
Reading data
Writing data
A single call back for many files
4. Tips and tricks
Convenience functions
Modules
Mode and ownership
5. Example