Messages in this thread | | | From | Jesse Pollard <> | Subject | Re: inserting a Forth-like language into the Linux kernel | Date | Sun, 6 May 2001 18:24:45 -0500 |
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On Sat, 05 May 2001, Rick Hohensee wrote: >kspamd/H3sm is now making continuous writes to tty1 from an >in-kernel thread. It was locking on a write to /dev/console by >init, so I made /dev/console a plain file. This is after >hollowing out sys_syslog to be a null routine, and various >other minor destruction. > >I am now typing at you on tty4 or so while the kernel itself >sends an endless stream of d's to tty1. It will scroll-lock >and un-scroll-lock, which is how I can tell it's not just a >static screen of d's. > >I don't know about H1 S&M, but the ability to open a tty >normally directly into kernelspace may prove popular, particularly >with a Forth on that tty in that kernelspace. Persons with actual >kernel clue may want to look at allowing /dev/console users and >an in-kernel tty user to play nice. For my purposes I'll do without >a real /dev/console and syslogging for now. > >Now I get to find out how many worlds of trouble I didn't foresee >in _reading_ a tty from the kernel :o) > >If someone knows of another example of interpreter-like behavior >directly in a unix in-kernel thread I'd like to know about it.
Only in reference to allowing for virus infection of the kernel.
It isn't a good idea.
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