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VLAN implementation using NS2

Linux kernel module to add a proc file entry

A look at the proc_dir_entry structure struct proc_dir_entry { unsigned int low_ino; unsigned short namelen; const char *name; // name of our module mode_t mode; // permissions ,who can read and write to it nlink_t nlink; uid_t uid; gid_t gid; loff_t size; const struct inode_operations *proc_iops; const struct file_operations *proc_fops; struct proc_dir_entry *next, *parent, *subdir; void *data; read_proc_t *read_proc; // pointer to the function to be called when we do a read to the proc entry write_proc_t *write_proc;// pointer to the function to be called when we do a write to the proc entry atomic_t count; int pde_users; spinlock_t pde_unload_lock; struct completion *pde_unload_completion; struct list_head pde_openers; }; Now let us write a LKM to add a proc entry . When you write to our proc entry it stores the msg you write and when you read from it , it displays t