17.8.7. netlink sockets
Netlink sockets offer a socket API for kernel / userland communication:
./netlink.sh echo $?
Outcome: the test passes:
0
Sources:
Launch multiple user requests in parallel to stress our socket:
insmod netlink.ko sleep=1 for i in `seq 16`; do ./netlink.out & done
TODO: what is the advantage over read, write and poll? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16727212/how-netlink-socket-in-linux-kernel-is-different-from-normal-polling-done-by-appl
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