Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Oct 1999 13:42:54 +0200 (CEST) | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: access_ok inside kernelspace |
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On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > calling sys_function() functions directly doesn't look right: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > They're usually static, for a start. > > > > What you probably want to do is jump directly to the appropriate vector as > > stored in the syscall_table, without going through the int 0x80 vector to do so. > > For the generic case (ie including non PC) Im not actually sure you can assume > a syscall can make a syscall.
do you mean the above 'calling sys_*() function directly' case, or the _syscallX() case?
-- mingo
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