Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 04:42:32 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Patching live kernels Message-ID: <20001210044232.D16205@fw.wintelcom.net>
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Ok, sometimes we find a bug in a particular release where what's needed is a function replaced with fixed code. I'm wondering if it's possible to: 1) look at the kernel symbol table for a particular function in a particular object file (static functions would be even better?) 2) replace the first instruction in the function with a jmp to our newly loaded code 3) have our newly loaded code be "anonymous" meaning no symbols from it enter the kernel symbol namespace (i want to be able to re-patch a patched kernel) Is it possible? Are there any takers? :) -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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