From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
To: Andrew Zimmerman <andrew@zimmerman.net>
Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: gdb questions
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 23:27:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.1010719092848.28144E-100000@is> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <007b01c10fcd$6d1835a0$b42cc2d1@server>
On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Andrew Zimmerman wrote:
> > > 2. Does gdb have a way to examine the LDT (local descriptor table)? My
> > > application creates some additional selectors for segments that reside
> > > within the flat memory space allocated to the application.
> >
> > Do you intend to port that code to Linux? I don't know much about the
> > protection scheme employed by Linux, but from what I know, I'd doubt
> > very much that it will allow you to futz with the LDT.
> >
> What is the purpose of the MODIFY_LDT system call?
I have no idea. The main issue is: can an application issue that
system call without triggering a GPF?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-07-18 23:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-07-18 11:51 Andrew Zimmerman
2001-07-18 13:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2001-07-18 14:03 ` Andrew Zimmerman
2001-07-18 23:27 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2001-07-18 14:36 ` Jamie Guinan
2001-07-18 23:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2001-10-01 4:20 Mickael Gicquaire
2001-10-01 7:20 ` Fernando Nasser
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