Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1998-07-22
1999-09-21
Black, Thomas G.
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
707104, 707 1, 707 2, G06F 1730
Patent
active
059567104
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for and method of providing user exits, including dynamic installation of associated software, within the kernel portion of an operating system. An initializer replaces existing system call pointers, in the system services table located in the kernel portion of an operating system, with new pointers to user supplied code. System calls that are hooked, when issued by a user application, are intercepted by a kernel level intercepter which generates a query to a database interface. The database interface sends database requests based on the received query to a database engine. A database manager allows a user to add, delete, edit, etc. records in a database included in the database engine. A method of dynamically inserting user supplied code into the kernel space of an operating system is also disclosed. A communications channel is opened and its associated buffer location is found. A bootstrap loader module is then written into the communications channel buffer. The installed bootstrap loader code calls a kernel level memory allocation system call which allocates a memory buffer in kernel memory. User supplied code, for establishing user exits, is written into the kernel memory buffer. Pointers in the system services table are modified to point to the newly allocated kernel memory buffer.
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Black Thomas G.
Memco Software Ltd.
Mizrahi Diane D.
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