Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Dec 2002 13:26:21 +0000 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kprobes for 2.5.50-bk2 |
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On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 01:56:05PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > This last part just got me thinking. > > What stops someone for example using this to implement a binary > > only replacement of the TCP/IP stack, or any other part of the > > kernel for that matter ? > > It can be already easily done, just patch the kernel code in /dev/kmem > and add some jump instructions to your loaded module. > But it's not practical, because it's 100% binary dependent and would > break with every small change.
indeed.
> Similar to kprobes. But kprobes is actually useful for kernel debugging/ > tracing and unlike many other of these patches not very intrusive.
Suparna also just told me I overlooked the _GPL on the export.
Dave
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