passing floating point by casting to int and print in ioctl implementation - c

Question

so I have this code
this is what I am doing in ioctl implementation
if( copy_from_user(&value ,(struct aa*) arg, sizeof(value)) )
{
pr_err("Data Write : Err!\n");
}
__u64 a=value.a;
__u32 *b=(__u32 *)a;
pr_info("wow Value = [%x]\n", (int)b[0]);
but I am passing from userspace float so but my passed values are not correctly printing in printk
this is my program
struct aa
{
uint64_t a;
};
#define WR_VALUE _IOW('a','a',struct aa*)
#define RD_VALUE _IOR('a','b',struct aa*)
int main()
{
struct aa a;
float *f=(float[]){2,2,3};
a.a=(uint64_t)f;
printf("sizeof = %zu\n",sizeof(*f));
int fd;
int32_t value, number;
printf("*********************************\n");
printf("*******WWW.EmbeTronicX.com*******\n");
printf("\nOpening Driver\n");
fd = open("/dev/etx_device", O_RDWR);
if(fd < 0) {
printf("Cannot open device file...\n");
return 0;
}
printf("Enter the Value to send\n");
scanf("%d",&number);
printf("Writing Value to Driver\n");
ioctl(fd, WR_VALUE, (struct aa *) &a);
printf("Reading Value from Driver\n");
ioctl(fd, RD_VALUE, (struct aa*) &a);
printf("Value is %d\n", value);
printf("Closing Driver\n");
close(fd);
}
full code
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/kdev_t.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/cdev.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
#include<linux/slab.h> //kmalloc()
#include<linux/uaccess.h> //copy_to/from_user()
#include <linux/ioctl.h>
#include <asm/fpu/api.h>
struct aa
{
__u64 a;
};
#define WR_VALUE _IOW('a','a',struct aa *)
#define RD_VALUE _IOR('a','b',struct aa *)
struct aa value;
dev_t dev = 0;
static struct class *dev_class;
static struct cdev etx_cdev;
/*
** Function Prototypes
*/
static int __init etx_driver_init(void);
static void __exit etx_driver_exit(void);
static int etx_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
static int etx_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
static ssize_t etx_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t len,loff_t * off);
static ssize_t etx_write(struct file *filp, const char *buf, size_t len, loff_t * off);
static long etx_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
/*
** File operation sturcture
*/
static struct file_operations fops =
{
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.open = etx_open,
.unlocked_ioctl = etx_ioctl,
.release = etx_release,
};
/*
** This function will be called when we open the Device file
*/
static int etx_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
return 0;
}
/*
** This function will be called when we close the Device file
*/
static int etx_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
return 0;
}
static long etx_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
{
switch(cmd) {
case WR_VALUE:
if( copy_from_user(&value ,(struct aa*) arg, sizeof(value)) )
{
pr_err("Data Write : Err!\n");
}
__u64 a=value.a;
__u32 *b=(__u32 *)a;
pr_info("wow Value = [%x]\n", (int)b[0]);
kernel_fpu_end();
break;
case RD_VALUE:
if( copy_to_user((struct aa*) arg, &value, sizeof(value)) )
{
pr_err("Data Read : Err!\n");
}
break;
default:
pr_info("Default\n");
break;
}
return 0;
}
/*
** Module Init function
*/
static int __init etx_driver_init(void)
{
/*Allocating Major number*/
if((alloc_chrdev_region(&dev, 0, 1, "etx_Dev")) <0){
pr_err("Cannot allocate major number\n");
return -1;
}
pr_info("Major = %d Minor = %d \n",MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev));
/*Creating cdev structure*/
cdev_init(&etx_cdev,&fops);
/*Adding character device to the system*/
if((cdev_add(&etx_cdev,dev,1)) < 0){
pr_err("Cannot add the device to the system\n");
goto r_class;
}
/*Creating struct class*/
if((dev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE,"etx_class")) == NULL){
pr_err("Cannot create the struct class\n");
goto r_class;
}
/*Creating device*/
if((device_create(dev_class,NULL,dev,NULL,"etx_device")) == NULL){
pr_err("Cannot create the Device 1\n");
goto r_device;
}
pr_info("Device Driver Insert...Done!!!\n");
return 0;
r_device:
class_destroy(dev_class);
r_class:
unregister_chrdev_region(dev,1);
return -1;
}
/*
** Module exit function
*/
static void __exit etx_driver_exit(void)
{
device_destroy(dev_class,dev);
class_destroy(dev_class);
cdev_del(&etx_cdev);
unregister_chrdev_region(dev, 1);
pr_info("Device Driver Remove...Done!!!\n");
}
module_init(etx_driver_init);
module_exit(etx_driver_exit);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_AUTHOR("EmbeTronicX <embetronicx#gmail.com>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Simple Linux device driver (IOCTL)");
MODULE_VERSION("1.5");
what am I doing wrong in kernel ioctl because I casted float to uint_64 like a.a=(uint64_t)f; and passed struct a to kernel now I want to read float *f elements passed from userspace through ioctl in ioctl implementation