| To: | Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@xxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: Kernel connector - userspace <-> kernelspace "linker". |
| From: | "Richard B. Johnson" <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:54:54 -0400 (EDT) |
| Cc: | netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
| In-reply-to: | <20040921124623.GA6942@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| References: | <1095331899.18219.58.camel@uganda> <20040921124623.GA6942@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Reply-to: | root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
| Sender: | netdev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx |
Hello,
This looks like a thinly veiled attempt to provide kernel
hooks so that non-GPL user-mode code can execute within
the kernel and trash it. I think the kernel developers
are smart enough so they won't allow any priviliged
kernel-mode 'callback' to user code.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.4.26 on an i686 machine (5570.56 BogoMips).
Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction.
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