Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Oct 2002 15:39:43 -0600 | From | "Brian F. G. Bidulock" <> | Subject | export of sys_call_table |
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I see that RH, in their infinite wisdom, have seen fit to remove the export of sys_call_table in 8.0 kernels breaking any loadable modules that wish to implement non-implemented system calls such as LiS's or iBCS implementation of putmsg/getmsg.
sys_call_table is exported in current 2.4 and 2.5 kernels.
Until now, loadable modules have been able to just overwrite the non implemented point in the sys_call_table when they load and putting it back when they unload. There is no mechanism for registering system calls.
What is the kernel.org take on this?
--brian
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