[MiNT] Kernel modules idea

[Adam Klobukowski <atari@gabo.pl>]

Hello

After a discussion with Draco, I have an idea about kernel modules.

At this moment if module uses a kernel function in a wrong way (like 
kfree on a memory that never been kmalloced) we shoot the messenger, ie. 
kernel, we have kernel fatal error.

The idea is so modules should have a special verion of each function 
that atm harms kernel, so the would not. At the beggining, module should 
 register() to get a module id (mid). Then is should use this mid when 
calling every kernel function (as a first parameter). Then if module 
misbehaves we can shoot the module not the kernel, as kernel can track 
all resource allocation made by module (resurce = memory, fd, trap, etc.).

We would also need modules to mark other modules and the processes that 
depend on them, so we could kill them all (I always wanted to say that ;) ).

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Adam Klobukowski
atari@gabo.pl