Re: How to access kernel memory?

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>]

On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 09:59:07AM -0500, Siders, Keith wrote:
> I have just the opposite requirement. I need to allow any running process
> and its threads to be "hot-patched" with executable code. I know you're
> thinking "why?". I can't tell you that. I can only say  it's a firm
> requirement, and I could use some helpful ideas.

You can probably do all you need in this case with ptrace() - the
existing ptrace will not be quite adequate for large data sets,
especially if you need some atomicity, but it should have all the
sample kernel code you need.

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Daniel Jacobowitz                           Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer