Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 7 Apr 2002 15:44:44 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Steven N. Hirsch" <> | Subject | Re: Two fixes for 2.4.19-pre5-ac3 |
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On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Alan Cox wrote:
> > But what about the recent discussion on the removal of sys_call_table ? > > > > (I believe it was along the lines of "it's ugly, prevent it ...", "ah, > > but it has real uses, so why can't it stay as deprecated/unadvised ?" > > "*no response*"). > > > > I'm a bit disappointed this has just gone in without any real discussion > > on the usefulness of this for certain circumstances :( > > Removing it in the -ac tree is a good way to stimulate discussion and > fixing the code that relies on it (except for the 99% of code relying on it > which is cracker authored trojans)
I agree. I've forwarded the information to the openafs folks. Given Derek and Derrick's respective levels of energy, it's likely already fixed in the CVS tree.
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