| To: | Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [PATCH 0/4] add task handling notifier |
| From: | Paul Jackson <pj@xxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Tue, 8 Jan 2008 18:03:09 -0600 |
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Andrew wrote:
> What are those (unidentified) add-on features doing at present?
> Patching calls into fork.c/exec.c/exit.c?
Most likely. I suspect we have general agreement and awareness
that such patching is not something that sells well in Linux-land.
And for good reason in my personal view ... such patching by loadable
modules could open the door to compromising the integrity of Linux in
ways that could be dangerous.
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I won't rest till it's the best ...
Programmer, Linux Scalability
Paul Jackson <pj@xxxxxxx> 1.940.382.4214
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