linux-kernel - Re: assembly code in the loadable kernel module

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0704271658240.5071@chaos.analogic.com>
Date:	Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:06:48 -0400
From:	"linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" <linux-os@...logic.com>
To:	"Daniel Hazelton" <dhazelton@...er.net>
Cc:	"Marat Buharov" <marat.buharov@...il.com>,
	"Parav K Pandit" <Parav_Pandit@...dtree.com>,
	"linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: assembly code in the loadable kernel module

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, Daniel Hazelton wrote:
> On Friday 27 April 2007 07:57:58 Marat Buharov wrote:
>> On 4/27/07, Parav K Pandit <Parav_Pandit@...dtree.com> wrote:
[SNIPPED all the junk]
>
> Most companies require that *ANY* e-mail sent by employees while at work
> contain disclaimers like those. Some of them even have their mail servers
> *automatically* attach those footers.
>
> DRH
>

Yes, it's getting to be widespread. However, there is a way around it for
facilities like the linux-kernel list. Everybody could put a ^D or ^Z at
the end of their .sig . Then the list-server software could filter it like:
-----------
//
// Free software
//
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(void);
int main()
{
     char buf[0x400];
     for(;;)
     {
        if(!fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), stdin) || feof(stdin))
            break;
        fprintf(stdout, buf);
        if(strchr(buf, 'Z'-64) || strchr(buf, 'D'-64))
            break;
     }
     return 0;
}
---------
Anything after ^D or ^Z doesn't get copied to the list. Something like
this needs to be done because it's gonna get a whole lot worse because
all the 'IT' people read the same rags -- so they think that "naked"
email fails the "due diligence" test. Honest, I'm not making that up!

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.6.16.24 on an i686 machine (5592.62 BogoMips).
New book: http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/
_
..

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