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SubjectRe: access_ok inside kernelspace
On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Alan Cox wrote:

> > Actually, Ingo - there *is* one case where going through _syscallX() and
> > therefore int 0x80 from the kernel *is* the only way. This is when the
> > caller is a module. That is how I call sysfs() from BFS module.
>
> Why not export sys_sysfs() ??

The system call table is exported instead because years ago
Linus said he wanted to keep the exports to modules under
reasonable control and exporting sys_* for iBCS wasn't on.

Mike

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