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From: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
To: "Siders, Keith" <keith_siders@toshibatv.com>
Cc: "'Zhang Fuxin'" <fxzhang@ict.ac.cn>, linux-mips@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: How to access kernel memory?
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 14:41:29 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010918144129.A6259@nevyn.them.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7DF7BFDC95ECD411B4010090278A44CA1B72E5@ATVX>; from keith_siders@toshibatv.com on Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 09:59:07AM -0500

On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 09:59:07AM -0500, Siders, Keith wrote:
> I have just the opposite requirement. I need to allow any running process
> and its threads to be "hot-patched" with executable code. I know you're
> thinking "why?". I can't tell you that. I can only say  it's a firm
> requirement, and I could use some helpful ideas.

You can probably do all you need in this case with ptrace() - the
existing ptrace will not be quite adequate for large data sets,
especially if you need some atomicity, but it should have all the
sample kernel code you need.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz                           Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer

  reply	other threads:[~2001-09-18 18:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-09-18 14:59 How to access kernel memory? Siders, Keith
2001-09-18 18:41 ` Daniel Jacobowitz [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-09-18 15:15 han han
2001-09-18 14:52 Zhang Fuxin
2001-09-18 14:35 han han

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