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Subject: Re: LKM function call on kernel function call?
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
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On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 16:23 +0800, S wrote:
> Is it possible to code a loadable module having function1(), which
> would be called, everytime a particular function of the kernel is
> called? If not, atleast a way this could be done without re-compiling
> the whole kernel and rebooting the system?

why don't you want to compile the whole kernel ? You have the source
code and it for sure is the easiest way to add this (debug?) hack...