Is it possible to call a user-space callback function from kernel space in Linux (ioctl)?
- by Makis
Is it possible to expand the ioctl interface in Linux so that the user-space application can send a pointer to a function to the kernel space driver?
I'm in particular thinking of ways to handle the stream in user-controllable way but doing it in the kernel. Those operations could be attached to the kernel module but this would make development a lot easier as I wouldn't need to mess with the kernel during development.
More specifically, this would be the process:
Data is read by the driver to a buffer.
Data is handled by these user-defined functions in place.
Some more handling is done, possibly with some HW blocks.
Data is used by a user-space application.