Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: export of sys_call_table | From | Robert Love <> | Date | 03 Oct 2002 18:14:29 -0400 |
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On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 17:39, Brian F. G. Bidulock wrote:
> 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.
It is not safe.
> What is the kernel.org take on this?
I do not think it matters what our opinion is. Red Hat is free to do whatever they wish. They certainly give enough back to kernel development that they are able to. In this case, however, I see good reason for it - overwriting syscall table entries has a number of sticky points...
Robert Love
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