Re: IPC between tasks in kernel

From: Amit Limaye (amit.limaye_at_gmail.com)
Date: 02/11/05 

Date: 10 Feb 2005 15:18:34 -0800

Please have a look at workqueues/taskqueues/waitqueues which will allow
u to manage synchronization problems and everything u could set up a
commom buffer between the the kernel threads/tasklets/tasks and use
waitquesues to signal availability of data
BTW semaphore are also available in the kernel which u can use for
syncing with shared buffers as mentioned earlier u dont need to
explicitly share buffers or data as all global data is visible to all
tasks in the kernel

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