From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261605AbTEHOXu (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2003 10:23:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261618AbTEHOXt (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2003 10:23:49 -0400 Received: from carisma.slowglass.com ([195.224.96.167]:34565 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261605AbTEHOXs (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2003 10:23:48 -0400 Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 15:36:22 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Cc: "viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk" , linux-kernel , Terje Eggestad Subject: Re: The disappearing sys_call_table export. Message-ID: <20030508153622.A9081@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>, "viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk" , linux-kernel , Terje Eggestad References: <200305081009_MC3-1-37FA-2408@compuserve.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <200305081009_MC3-1-37FA-2408@compuserve.com>; from 76306.1226@compuserve.com on Thu, May 08, 2003 at 10:08:37AM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 10:08:37AM -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > Meanwhile on Win2k I can intercept any IO request by > wrting a filter driver, you can write a stackable filesystem on linux, too and intercept any I/O request. You just have to do it through a sane interface, mount and not by patching the syscall table - which you can do under windows either. (at least not as part of the public API).