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<sect1><title>Common Pitfalls</title>
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<indexterm><primary>refund policy</primary></indexterm>
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<para>Before I send you on your way to go out into the world and write kernel modules, there are a few things I need to warn
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you about. If I fail to warn you and something bad happens, please report the problem to me for a full refund of the amount I
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was paid for your copy of the book.</para>
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<indexterm><primary>standard libraries</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>libraries</primary><secondary>standard</secondary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>/proc/kallsyms</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>proc file</primary><secondary>kallsyms</secondary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>interrupts</primary><secondary>disabling</secondary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>carnivore</primary><secondary>large</secondary></indexterm>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term>Using standard libraries</term>
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<listitem><para>You can't do that. In a kernel module you can only use kernel functions, which are the functions you can
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see in <filename>/proc/kallsyms</filename>.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Disabling interrupts</term>
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<listitem><para>You might need to do this for a short time and that is OK, but if you don't enable them afterwards, your
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system will be stuck and you'll have to power it off.</para></listitem> </varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Sticking your head inside a large carnivore</term>
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<listitem><para>I probably don't have to warn you about this, but I figured I will anyway, just in case.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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