linux-kernel - why is intercepting system calls considerred bad?

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Message-ID: <3420082f0607202206j78569b3fm56d61138c65426bf@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:06:53 +0500
From:	"Irfan Habib" <irfan.habib@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: why is intercepting system calls considerred bad?

HI,

I recently met a kernel janitor, who told me that intercepting system
calls is undesirable, why?
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