/* Actually put the data into the buffer */
while (length && *Message_Ptr) {
/* Because the buffer is in the user data segment,
* not the kernel data segment, assignment wouldn't
* work. Instead, we have to use put_user which
* copies data from the kernel data segment to the
* user data segment. */
put_user(*(Message_Ptr++), buffer++);
length--;
bytes_read++;
}
#ifdef DEBUG
printk("Read %d bytes, %d left\n", bytes_read, length);
#endif
/* Read functions are supposed to return the number
* of bytes actually inserted into the buffer */
return bytes_read;
}
/* This function is called when somebody tries to write into our device file. */
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,2,0)
static ssize_t device_write(struct file *file, const char *buffer, size_t length, loff_t *offset)
#else
static int device_write(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, const char *buffer, int length)
#endif
{
int i;
#ifdef DEBUG
printk("device_write(%p,%s,%d)", file, buffer, length);
#endif
for(i=0; i
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,2,0)
get_user(Message[i], buffer+i);
#else
Message[i] = get_user(buffer+i);
#endif
Message_Ptr = Message;
/* Again, return the number of input characters used */
return i;
}
/* This function is called whenever a process tries to
* do an ioctl on our device file. We get two extra
* parameters (additional to the inode and file
* structures, which all device functions get): the number
* of the ioctl called and the parameter given to the ioctl function.
*
* If the ioctl is write or read/write (meaning output
* is returned to the calling process), the ioctl call
* returns the output of this function. */
int device_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
unsigned int ioctl_num, /* The number of the ioctl */
unsigned long ioctl_param) /* The parameter to it */
{
int i;
char *temp;
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,2,0)
char ch;
#endif
/* Switch according to the ioctl called */
switch (ioctl_num) {
case IOCTL_SET_MSG:
/* Receive a pointer to a message (in user space)
* and set that to be the device's message. */
/* Get the parameter given to ioctl by the process */
temp = (char*)ioctl_param;
/* Find the length of the message */
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,2,0)
get_user(ch, temp);
for (i=0; ch && i
#else
for (i=0; get_user(temp) && i
#endif
/* Don't reinvent the wheel - call device_write */
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,2,0)
device_write(file, (char*)ioctl_param, i, 0);
#else
device_write(inode, file, (char*)ioctl_param, i);
#endif
break;
case IOCTL_GET_MSG:
