Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262439AbTEIK7j (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2003 06:59:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262442AbTEIK7j (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2003 06:59:39 -0400 Received: from siaag1af.compuserve.com ([149.174.40.8]:56757 "EHLO siaag1af.compuserve.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262439AbTEIK7i (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2003 06:59:38 -0400 Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 07:09:34 -0400 From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: The disappearing sys_call_table export. To: Shachar Shemesh Cc: linux-kernel , Steffen Persvold , D.A.Fedorov@inp.nsk.su, Alan Cox , Arjan van de Ven , Terje Eggestad Message-ID: <200305090711_MC3-1-3821-C039@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 923 Lines: 23 Shachar Shemesh wrote: > I'm currently trying to work with some other subscribers of this list on > a design. Getting 1, 2 and 3 is a complicated enough task, of course. I > would like to hear estimates about inclusion chances should we manage to > come up with an implmentation that lives up to all the above. How many users would want to actually modify the syscall parameters or change visible system behavior when a syscall happens? Maybe something like this would work? 1. You can register to be notified when a syscall occurs, either before or after or both. 2. The only action you can take must be 'private' (within your driver or subsystem.) - 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/