From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Query regarding kernel modules intercepting system call.
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2017 18:14:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170708161445.GA25876@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANoRqom5A88Qpq50W6dn2kLxsxBfH3Q9F1fcCZ6=Q44hVa4_tw@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, Jul 08, 2017 at 09:38:52PM +0530, Ajinkya Surnis wrote:
> Actually, this is not a college assignment. I'm a professional software
> engineer who is completely new to kernel programming.
> I recently gave an interview to one cloud security firm. The interviewer gave
> me this particular assignment, since this kind of functionality is needed in
> their software.
> Now I'm aware that the approach I have (syscall interception) is wrong.
> But I also need to find out alternate mechanism to achieve my goal.
> I searched really hard, but got nothing.
So it's a programming test to get a job? That's worse than trying to
cheat on an exam, as it would mean that I pass the test, not you :(
good luck!
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-07-08 16:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-07-08 14:08 Query regarding kernel modules intercepting system call Ajinkya Surnis
2017-07-08 14:13 ` Greg KH
2017-07-08 14:23 ` Ajinkya Surnis
2017-07-08 15:20 ` Greg KH
2017-07-08 15:38 ` Ajinkya Surnis
2017-07-08 16:04 ` Greg KH
2017-07-08 16:08 ` Ajinkya Surnis
2017-07-08 16:14 ` Greg KH [this message]
2017-07-08 18:06 ` Aruna Hewapathirane
2017-07-08 18:19 ` Ajinkya Surnis
2017-07-08 19:36 ` Aruna Hewapathirane
2017-07-09 1:06 ` valdis.kletnieks at vt.edu
2017-07-09 10:06 ` Lino Sanfilippo
2017-07-09 10:18 ` Lino Sanfilippo
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