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Re: 2 programming questions

On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 01:27:54AM +0200, Robert Penz wrote:
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> 
> sorry for my late answer but I didn't have the time to work on my kernel 
> module
> 
> I need the sys_call_table import, or do I not need to save the sys_call_table 
> ?
> 
>         /* setup the proc stuff */
>         old_open = sys_call_table[__NR_open];
>         sys_call_table[__NR_open] = new_open;

Your new_open() function does nothing except calling the saved old_open()
function. It doesn't make much sense, it does nothing. Actually, nobody
should need to touch sys_call_table do do anything. There are interfaces
for doing things such as creating /proc entries.

-- 
Eduardo

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