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by Someone 360 days ago
> I wonder if the overhead of user space interacting with the kernel api is gonna be noticeable.

‘Luckily’, the overhead of antivirus software already can be quite high at times [1]. So, if this API can keep the number of kernel-userspace transitions down, I think the relative impact could be barely noticeable.

[1] https://www.tomsguide.com/us/av-software-least-system-impact...:

“For example, McAfee Total Protection had a relatively light background impact, slowing down the Lenovo laptop by only 9% after installation”