Re: intercepting syscalls

[Terje Malmedal <tm@basefarm.com>]

[Arjan van de Ven]
>> > but also about doing things at the right layer. The syscall layer is
>> > almost NEVER the right layer.
>> > 
>> > Can you explain exactly what you are trying to do (it's not a secret I
>> > assume, kernel modules are GPL and open source after all, esp such
>> > invasive ones) and I'll try to tell you why it's wrong to do it at the
>> > syscall intercept layer... deal ?
>> 
>> now, when I need someone to tell I do something wrong, I know where to go :)

> ok i'll spice things up... I'll even suggest a better solution ;)

Hi. The promise wasn't made to me, but I'm hoping you will find a nice
and clean solution:

  Every so often there is bug in the kernel, by patching the
  syscall-table I have been able to fix bugs in ioperm and fsync without
  rebooting the box. 

  What do I do the next time I need to do something like this? 


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 - Terje
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