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DateThu, 20 Jul 2006 22:34:08 -0700
From"Joshua Hudson" <>
SubjectRe: why is intercepting system calls considerred bad?
On 7/20/06, Irfan Habib <irfan.habib@gmail.com> wrote:
> HI,
>
> I recently met a kernel janitor, who told me that intercepting system
> calls is undesirable, why?

I'll bite.

You intercept. Somebody else intercepts. You want to stop intercepting.

For this reason, anybody who intercepts a system call must be compiled
in, and if two intercept the same system call, than the link order
dictates behavior.

Obviously not desirable.
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