Jonathan Stone wrote:
> I sometimes think about replacing LKM altogether: doing away with the
> userspace linker step, implmementing a minimal ELF linker/loader in
> the kernel, and hooking in modules via linker-set support, rather than
> the cumbersome ``module type'' described in lkm(4).

Note you don't need to use 'module type' at all - every LKM could
be implemented as 'misc' module. It's just one of possible ways
to share necessary hook-in code.

> Getting rid of the userspace linker is a big, big plus for secure
> systems (where you don't *want* an executable userspace linker, for
> good and sufficient reasons).

Yeah, in-kernel linker and thus ability to checksum 'safe'
LKMs would be great.

Jaromir
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