Harald Barth wrote:
>
> Most linux kernel ports export the sys_call_table symbol to be used in
> modules. I have not succeeded how to automatially figure out the size
> of a syscall pointer without inspecting the assembler for the
> architecture in question. Examples are mips and sparc64. Have I
> missed a syscall_t type available or shouldn't there be one?
>
> Harald.
The layout of the sys_call_table is totally architecture dependant. The
question to ask here is why do you need to use it? Modifying it to hook
into syscalls is frowned upon.
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