July 28, 2008 RUMPUSER 3

### NAME

rumpuser - rump user namespace helper routines

### LIBRARY

rump User Library (librumpuser, -lrumpuser)

### SYNOPSIS

### DESCRIPTION

rumpuser is a user namespace helper library for runnable userspace meta programs. From rump emulation code compiled with ```-D_KERNEL` is it not possible to directly call routines such as system calls for reading and writing files or devices. This is where rumpuser comes into play by providing a bridge between the two namespaces. Another example of its services is a way to call pthread routines, used for emulating kernel threads and synchronization mechanisms in rump.

### SEE ALSO

rump(3)