Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Apr 2005 11:06:11 -0400 | From | Igor Shmukler <> | Subject | Re: intercepting syscalls |
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> > 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 ?
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