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From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Fwd: Adding custom system calls
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 12:26:29 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140320192629.GA2273@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABG0-3zgYSpQ4iKi_Kcn5NsaRHyvqX17QAxOGZnuPO4i8-uzRA@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 12:50:27AM +0530, arun kumar wrote:
> 
> yeah it does seems like a homework question..
> 
> I remember doing it on KernelVersion: 2.6 by modifying some files including
> unistd.h writing a wrapper for it and writing the code for it. This included
> some tweaking inside the /arch subtree of the kernel.
> my intentions are entirely academic.
> 
> Currently working on kernelVer: 3.12.14
> I am somewhat struggling to comprehend the changes (steep learning curve), if
> you could guide me on what files to look for, i am sure i can find my way from
> there.

There's loads of "how to add a syscall to Linux" tutorials out there,
what have you tried and what errors have you gotten when following them?

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2014-03-20 19:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-03-20 17:25 Adding custom system calls arun kumar
2014-03-20 17:41 ` Greg KH
     [not found]   ` <CABG0-3xY+_5jSPu-QG6ExbqWs45=TdLj3SU1z7EVq7UFMKQTQQ@mail.gmail.com>
2014-03-20 19:20     ` Fwd: " arun kumar
2014-03-20 19:26       ` Greg KH [this message]
2014-03-20 20:17 ` Augusto Mecking Caringi

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