On 1/24/07, Mulyadi Santosa <mulyadi.santosa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What about the "int $80" directive ? that one IS embedded in the code > itself. > is it possible because it is supported on all cpus ? I guess that is just the developer that thinks it is better to hard code that int 80h or he/she just doesn't aware that SYSENTER/SYSCALL are there. You'll see lots like this if you observe hacker's shellcode spreading on Net, right Arjan? ;)
I seriously doubt that. we are talking here about static libraries like GNU libc. this ain't some random hacket. this is first class developers. naziir. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/