Re: A system for rebootless kernel security updates

[David Collier-Brown <davecb@sun.com>]

Enrico Weigelt wrote:
> I didn't have the time for an deeper study yet, but as you already
> mentioned, there're lots of limitations which can make it harmful:
> as soon as interfaces chance, you're in *big* trouble. There should
> be a way for finding them (automatically). Maybe extract the 
> interface signatures (including structs!) so some appropriate place
> next to the kernel, so they can be checked before (re)loading the
> module.

  Actually there is a mature discipline around data changes that
dates back to before Unix v7, but it's off-topic for this
discussion: it would make the changes too big (;-))

  If anyone is interested, see http://multicians.org/stachour.html
and/or send me mail

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