Re: Adding checkpointing API to Linux kernel

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 18 Jan 1999 23:22:11 +0000 (GMT)


> Maybe the problem is just that batch queue developers like Werner,
> or the CONDOR folk, have been so hot on having solutions portable
> across all UNIXes that they have not been willing to make LINUX specific
> modifications.

The libdl stuff itself is pretty portable, although your additional
hooks do need to match the routines you are replacing yourself in structure
size and the like.

Things like the realvideo fixing program is a good example of stealing
the "open" syscall and altering its behaviour to work around a bug in RV

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