Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:41:30 -0700 | From | Martin Bligh <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers |
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Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:04:43 -0700 > Martin Bligh <mbligh@google.com> wrote: > > >>It seems like all we'd need to do >>is "list all references to function, freeze kernel, update all >>references, continue" > > > "overwrite first 5 bytes of old function with `jmp new_function'".
Yes, that's simple. but slower, as you have a double jump. Probably a damned sight faster than int3 though.
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