On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 05:50:43PM +0400, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> +static void (*old_apm_get_power_status)(struct apm_power_info*);
> +
> +static int __init apm_battery_init(void)
> +{
> + printk(KERN_INFO "APM Battery Driver\n");
> +
> + old_apm_get_power_status = apm_get_power_status;
> + apm_get_power_status = apm_battery_apm_get_power_status;
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static void __exit apm_battery_exit(void)
> +{
> + apm_get_power_status = old_apm_get_power_status;
> + return;
> +}
Utterly unsafe. What happens if some other module gets loaded which
does this, and then this module is unloaded followed by the other
module. Result: Oops.
--
Russell King
Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
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