Re: Running Application Inside Application

[Cong Wang]

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Xin Tong <xerox.time.tech@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have applications that do not install signal handlers I need it to
> install. Therefore, I am thinking about having a light-weight run-time
> to load the application ELF file and install the needed signal handler
> in the run-time ? Is this doable ? What if it is not ELF-encoded ?
>

If you want to exec*() to load the ELF, no, the signal handlers will be
cleared after exec*(), as the entire .text will be replaced by the new ELF file.

So, you probably have to parse and load the ELF file by yourself.
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