Re: Reading large /proc entry from kernel module

[Peter Chubb]

>>>>> "Kristian" == Kristian Sørensen <ks@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Kristian> Hi all!  I have some trouble reading a 2346 byte /proc entry
Kristian> from our Umbrella kernel module.


Kristian> static int umb_proc_write(struct file *file, const char *buffer,
Kristian>                          unsigned long count, void *data) {
Kristian>	char *policy;
Kristian>	int *lbuf;
Kristian>	int i;

Here's your problem:  lbuf should be a char * not an int *.
When you look lbuf[0] you'll get the first four characters packed
into the int.
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