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SubjectRe: Two fixes for 2.4.19-pre5-ac3
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> > fixing the code that relies on it (except for the 99% of code relying on it
> > which is cracker authored trojans)
>
> No doubt, but it's not much harder to look at nm vmlinux or System.map,
> so I don't see the security angle...

Thats not why it was pulled out. Its a deliberate attempt to find out who
is patching the syscall table and sort the results out.

And btw - I've not submitted this to Marcelo, its not something I expect to
see sprung on people in 2.4.19!
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