Re: sys_select

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On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 07:28:58PM +0000, Prairie Flower wrote:
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>
> Hi,.
>
> I want to use sys_select from inside the kernel but it is returning
> -14. here is the call I am making:

> I belive this error is EFAULT and is resulting from the fact that set
> has been declared in kernel space. sys_select calls get_fd_set() which
> has the comment and offending return value:

yup, you should do:

        mm_segment_t old_fs;
        old_fs = get_fs();
        set_fs(get_ds());
.. whatever ...
        set_fs(old_fs);

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