From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: varkab@cdac.in (Varka Bhadram) Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 14:07:10 +0530 (IST) Subject: get_user() and put_user() missing in syscall list In-Reply-To: References: <1994577982.6761.1401696804037.JavaMail.open-xchange@webmail.cdac.in> Message-ID: <311309562.6863.1401698230220.JavaMail.open-xchange@webmail.cdac.in> To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20172111/difference-between-system-api-and-system-call-api http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17219898/what-is-the-difference-between-linux-kernel-api-system-calls-system-inter These two links will give the diffrence b/w them... On June 2, 2014 at 1:49 PM Dipanjan Das wrote: > > I am new to Linux kernel stuffs. How are Kernel API and syscalls differ from > each other? > > > On 2 June 2014 13:43, Varka Bhadram > > wrote: > > > These two are not the system calls. they are the Kernel API's to > > > transfer the data from user address space to the kernel address space. > > > > please see: > > http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h#L239 > > > > http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h#L143 > > > > > > Regards, > > Varka Bhadram > > > > MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from > > "lxr.free-electrons.com" claiming to be On June 2, 2014 at 11:29 AM Dipanjan > > Das wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Here's an exhaustive list > > > of Linux syscall, > > > but I can't find get_user() and put_user() API. Why is it so? What am I > > > missing? > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Kernelnewbies mailing list > > > Kernelnewbies at kernelnewbies.org > > > > > > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [ C-DAC is on Social-Media too. Kindly follow us at: > > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CDACINDIA > > & Twitter: @cdacindia ] > > > > This e-mail is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may > > contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the > > intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy > > all copies and the original message. Any unauthorized review, use, > > disclosure, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email > > is strictly prohibited and appropriate legal action will be taken. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies at kernelnewbies.org > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ C-DAC is on Social-Media too. Kindly follow us at: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CDACINDIA & Twitter: @cdacindia ] This e-mail is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies and the original message. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited and appropriate legal action will be taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/attachments/20140602/0b8382e0/attachment.html