Re: [MiNT] GlueSTiK and mem protection

[Frank Naumann <fnaumann@prinz-atm.CS.Uni-Magdeburg.De>]

Hi!

> allocated with kmalloc() ?  After talking with Frank about
> kernal memeory allocation this is why my client dies.
> I traced the crash in my client right up to where it calls
> cngetinfo() which indeed returns a pointer, but into some
> block that is kernal ram?  As soon as my client attempts to
> fetch the local port from this pointer I have trouble.
> 
> Am I wrong here?

You are right. Gluestik must allocate such memory in user area. For this 
exist a special routine in the module interface: umalloc - allocate a 
block in user area, private to this program, automatically freed on 
process termination.


Tschuess
   ...Frank

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