linux-kernel - Re: how do YOU hack the linux kernel ?

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20100129081010.GA30756@buzzloop.caiaq.de>
Date:	Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:10:10 +0100
From:	Daniel Mack <daniel@...aq.de>
To:	Ramagudi Naziir <naziirr@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: how do YOU hack the linux kernel ?

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 02:52:57PM +0200, Ramagudi Naziir wrote:
> do you use vim ?
> 
> If so, how do you open files you want to read/edit ?
> Assuming you don't remember their exact name/location, you'd need to
> use something like 'find . -iname '*pattern*'. which is slow.
> You can also ":tabnew ." and just browse the folders, but that's super slow too.

Just use ctags to index your tree. Vim can then use this index to
directly drop you at the definition of a symbol. Works very well. Just
google around to find tutorials to describe that in detail.

LXR is also a nice help sometimes: http://lxr.linux.no/linux/

Other than that you might develop a feeling for where to search, so you
can narrow your 'git grep' to specific places.

HTH,
Daniel
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/