wimax_msg(9)

wimax_msg9

Send a message to user space

Usage

int wimax_msg(struct wimax_dev * wimax_dev, const char * pipe_name, const void * buf, size_t size, gfp_t gfp_flags);

Arguments

wimax_dev

WiMAX device descriptor (properly referenced)

pipe_name

"named pipe" the message will be sent to

buf

pointer to the message to send.

size

size of the buffer pointed to by buf (in bytes).

gfp_flags

flags for memory allocation.

Return

0 if ok, negative errno code on error.

Overview

Sends a free-form message to user space on the device wimax_dev.

Notes

Once the skb is given to this function, who will own it and will release it when done (unless it returns error).

Releases

4 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.