Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 Sep 1999 12:15:52 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] i386 ptrace patch needed for user-mode port |
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Hi!
> Below is a small patch to ptrace which enables it to change system call > numbers. This is needed in order to run the user-mode port. > > It adds range checks to ptrace and to the slow system call path. > > I've been feeding this sporadically to Linus for the last couple of months > with no result. If anyone can clue me in as to what would make this more > acceptable, please do so.
Afaik you are not the first person to want this small patch. It is usefull for other purposes, too (ask mec@shout.net). Just push it little harder :-). Pavel
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