From: "Joshua Hudson" <joshudson@gmail.com>
To: "Irfan Habib" <irfan.habib@gmail.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: why is intercepting system calls considerred bad?
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:34:08 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bda6d13a0607202234xc7d58a1t2a440c8458596582@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3420082f0607202206j78569b3fm56d61138c65426bf@mail.gmail.com>
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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-21 5:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-21 5:06 Irfan Habib
2006-07-21 5:34 ` Joshua Hudson [this message]
2006-07-21 22:14 ` David Schwartz
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[not found] ` <6AVU0-7fw-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
2006-07-21 7:44 ` Bodo Eggert
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