On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 05:05:47PM +1000, Nick Piggin wrote: > Ah, OK. Anyway, with kprobes/systemtap they can do whatever they like > and none of us need to care in the slightest ;)
Umm, folks. systemtap basically means people compile kernel modules from an odd scripting language with embedded C snipplets into kernel modules. The kernel modules don't use normal exported APIs but use kallsysms and dwarf info to poke into every possible private bit. Saying you don't care the slightest whether oracle will load huge amounts of code into the kernel that depends on intimate implementation details, and that you don't even have source to to debug it is not what I'd call "none of us need to care in the slightest", at least for those of you working for distributions that may actually have to debug this shit in the end. While we're at it, what happened to the idea of tainting the kernel as soon as krpobes are placed in the kernel to at least make people aware of it? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
