> But what about the recent discussion on the removal of sys_call_table ?
>
> (I believe it was along the lines of "it's ugly, prevent it ...", "ah,
> but it has real uses, so why can't it stay as deprecated/unadvised ?"
> "*no response*").
>
> I'm a bit disappointed this has just gone in without any real discussion
> on the usefulness of this for certain circumstances :(
Sure, removing that would break a lot of cracker software. Oh wait,
maybe that's a good thing...
For legitimate use, if any, a compile-time optional system call could be
added requiring a capability to use, and programs which are currently
doing that (AFS?) can be converted to use another f/s interface. I have
seen a few mentions of software which DO use that capability, I'm not sure
I've seen one which can be done no other way.
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