error: missing syscalls when compiling kernel module

Sudip Mukherjee sudipm.mukherjee at gmail.com
Mon Feb 16 23:40:24 EST 2015


On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 12:21 AM,  <Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 12:14:59 +0530, noyb noybee said:
>> Hi all. This is the error that I am getting when I try to compile a
>> loadable module(it tries to intercept a system call by directly
>> editing the sys_call_table in the memory):-
>
> In general, that's a *really* bad idea, for numerous reasons.  What problem
> are you trying to solve by intercepting a system call?
>
by any chance - is this related to Eudyptula Challenge? it looks
similar to one of the tasks which involves modifying the system call
table......

regards
sudip



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