Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 19:05:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 19:05:11 -0400 Received: from 198.216-123-194-0.interbaun.com ([216.123.194.198]:50130 "EHLO mail.harddata.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 19:05:09 -0400 Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 17:10:13 -0600 From: Michal Jaegermann To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: export of sys_call_table Message-ID: <20021003171013.B22986@mail.harddata.com> References: <20021003153943.E22418@openss7.org> <1033682560.28850.32.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <1033682560.28850.32.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk>; from alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk on Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 11:02:40PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 831 Lines: 20 On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 11:02:40PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 22:39, Brian F. G. Bidulock wrote: > > > Until now, loadable modules have been able to just overwrite ... > > Not actually safely implementable. The right way to do this is a > relevant 2.5 question. In general however you shouldnt need to register > syscalls because the upper layer interfaces already exist (the LiS stuff > is an example otherwise I grant). Hm, IIRC bproc stuff (Beowulf support) also relies on this ability. Or at least "kmonte" trick to load and switch to a new kernel. Michal - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/