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		ArkyBeagle on May 16, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Context switch logging with the Windows Event Trac... Oh, they're not that bad. It uses the ioctl() metaphor. I'm surprised somebody who's read ALP doesn't see that.

lmm on May 16, 2016 [–]

ioctl() isn't a metaphor, it's a sin-bin for things that don't fit in the file metaphor.

ArkyBeagle on May 16, 2016 | [–]

I'd agree if there were no codes for READ and WRITE under the ioctl() rubric :)

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