An in-kernel file loading interface
An in-kernel file loading interface
Posted Feb 21, 2016 0:20 UTC (Sun) by giraffedata (guest, #1954)In reply to: An in-kernel file loading interface by eru
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Hasn't the kernel always been able to read files for implementing exec? I never thought there is anything special in kernel reading files.
Yes, and the kernel has always been able to read files for implementing read, too :-)
Exec is essentially a file operation (it even has its own file permission bit). That puts it in a different class from kernel facilities that use files. The latter smells of a layering violation.