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Hello Richard

On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 2:46 PM, richard -rw- weinberger
<richard.weinberger@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Gaurav Saxena <grvsaxena419@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ok I have seen details of KPROBES, I think it will suit to my
>> requirements, I just wanted to know a few things,
>> Can I use probes to prevent unlink of certain files? Also is
>> CONFIG_KPROBES set to "y" on linux kernels available with distros like
>> ubuntu?
>
> Kprobes allow you to instrument the kernel.
> AFAIK it enabled by most distros.
Can I use probes to return immediately ie. without execution of
original system call. For example I put a entry probe on unlink and
then on the probe return value unlink code is executed or not. Is that
possible ?
Also can I call a userspace function from kernel code? Would that be insecure ?
>
> --
> Thanks,
> //richard



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Thanks and Regards ,
Gaurav


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