HI Shri, Yes,replacing system calls is evil.. When you remove a system call,that would disable the proper functioning of all the applications using that particular system call.That's the worst thing that can ever happen. Well the above comment is regarding removing of a system call.(Replacing=removing+adding_new) Regarding adding of a system call,if its just for your curiosity and for the purpose of tweaking ur box,thats fine.But if you want to add a system call in the kernel development series,you need to be a little more careful-There should be a proven need of a system call,and once it is given a call number,it is impossible to remove it(for the above stated reasons).So,if the proposed system call just serves a small purpose,use other methods to do the work. Cheers Viswa --- Shrinand Javadekar <shri.javadekar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "replacing system calls is very evil!" > > I dont have an answer, but just an additional > question: > > Why is replacing the default system call evil? I > keep hearing this, > but have never quite found a convincing answer to > this > > -Shri __________________________________________________________ Free antispam, antivirus and 1GB to save all your messages Only in Yahoo! Mail: http://in.mail.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
