Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262114AbVDRPYj (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 11:24:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262106AbVDRPX6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 11:23:58 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:41430 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262103AbVDRPVF (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 11:21:05 -0400 Subject: Re: intercepting syscalls From: Arjan van de Ven To: Igor Shmukler Cc: Rik van Riel , Daniel Souza , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <6533c1c9050418080639e41fb@mail.gmail.com> References: <6533c1c905041511041b846967@mail.gmail.com> <1113588694.6694.75.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <6533c1c905041512411ec2a8db@mail.gmail.com> <6533c1c905041512594bb7abb4@mail.gmail.com> <6533c1c905041807487a872025@mail.gmail.com> <1113836378.6274.69.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <6533c1c9050418080639e41fb@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:20:57 +0200 Message-Id: <1113837657.6274.74.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 3.7 (+++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 2.63 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (3.7 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 1.1 RCVD_IN_DSBL RBL: Received via a relay in list.dsbl.org [] 2.5 RCVD_IN_DYNABLOCK RBL: Sent directly from dynamic IP address [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS RBL: SORBS: sender is listed in SORBS [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 766 Lines: 18 > > 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 ;) - 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/