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SubjectRe: intercepting syscalls
> > Intercepting system call table is an elegant way to solve many
> > problems.
>
> I think I want to take offence to this. It's the worst possible way to
> solve many problems, especially since almost everyone who did this to
> get anything done until today got it wrong.
>
> It's about locking. Portability. Stability
>
> but also about doing things at the right layer. The syscall layer is
> almost NEVER the right layer.
>
> Can you explain exactly what you are trying to do (it's not a secret I
> assume, kernel modules are GPL and open source after all, esp such
> invasive ones) and I'll try to tell you why it's wrong to do it at the
> syscall intercept layer... deal ?

now, when I need someone to tell I do something wrong, I know where to go :)
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