I'm a programmer who likes games, and wants to make games for a living. At the same time, there are some really cool non-game things I want to work on -- especially if they use C or C++.
Oh, for sure. But it's easy to go from the not-so-dangerous stuff to the very dangerous stuff without ever quite realizing, and if you already have a known-good recovery solution (in my case, nuke the partition and reinstall since there was nothing important on it anyway), you avoid the minor heart attack.
I'm a dev with a strong *NIX sysadmin background. I've been programming for 20+ years, started with IRC scripts, C, Python, PHP, Ruby/Rails, Node/JS, Go and Elxir. Full time on Ruby,Elixir and Rust.
I'm a programmer who likes games, and wants to make games for a living. At the same time, there are some really cool non-game things I want to work on -- especially if they use C or C++.
I've actually run into some issues with the more esoteric bits of kernel dev when running a VM, so I tend to stay away from them. That said, if they work for you, then absolutely! Way easier than reimaging a partition.
I'm a dev with a strong *NIX sysadmin background. I've been programming for 20+ years, started with IRC scripts, C, Python, PHP, Ruby/Rails, Node/JS, Go and Elxir. Full time on Ruby,Elixir and Rust.
To be honest, I don't do kernel hacking since at least a decade or more (IIRC it was still kernel 2.4 or 2.6).
That said, a simple LKM with syscall hijacking should work even on a VM (given that you're running a non-monolitic kernel :-P)
I never even thought of the possibility of "bricking" my computer, I only thought the worst I could do is wipe it clean or causing a kernel panic! Weirdly, I'm now interested to know how I can actually do that! 🙉
I'm a dev with a strong *NIX sysadmin background. I've been programming for 20+ years, started with IRC scripts, C, Python, PHP, Ruby/Rails, Node/JS, Go and Elxir. Full time on Ruby,Elixir and Rust.
You risk to “brick” your computer if you mainly touch drivers with low-level access to hardware. Re-defining high-level syscalls related to “reads” should not damage your hardware ;-)
Edit:
Check this advanced example, I studied/played a lot with this (well, the first versions from the original author, Stealth):
That's insightful, thanks!
Gotta get going! I'm currently reading Robert Love's 'system programming' and I have been inspired with this post to contextualize a bit. Let's see! 🤓✌️
I'm a dev with a strong *NIX sysadmin background. I've been programming for 20+ years, started with IRC scripts, C, Python, PHP, Ruby/Rails, Node/JS, Go and Elxir. Full time on Ruby,Elixir and Rust.
Oh, for sure. But it's easy to go from the not-so-dangerous stuff to the very dangerous stuff without ever quite realizing, and if you already have a known-good recovery solution (in my case, nuke the partition and reinstall since there was nothing important on it anyway), you avoid the minor heart attack.
how about a VM like VirtualBox? :-)
I've actually run into some issues with the more esoteric bits of kernel dev when running a VM, so I tend to stay away from them. That said, if they work for you, then absolutely! Way easier than reimaging a partition.
To be honest, I don't do kernel hacking since at least a decade or more (IIRC it was still kernel 2.4 or 2.6).
That said, a simple LKM with syscall hijacking should work even on a VM (given that you're running a non-monolitic kernel :-P)
I never even thought of the possibility of "bricking" my computer, I only thought the worst I could do is wipe it clean or causing a kernel panic! Weirdly, I'm now interested to know how I can actually do that! 🙉
You risk to “brick” your computer if you mainly touch drivers with low-level access to hardware. Re-defining high-level syscalls related to “reads” should not damage your hardware ;-)
Edit:
Check this advanced example, I studied/played a lot with this (well, the first versions from the original author, Stealth):
github.com/trimpsyw/adore-ng
That's insightful, thanks!
Gotta get going! I'm currently reading Robert Love's 'system programming' and I have been inspired with this post to contextualize a bit. Let's see! 🤓✌️
In case you missed my edit to the previous content:
github.com/trimpsyw/adore-ng