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From: "Søren Nøhr Christensen" <snc@cs.aau.dk>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: umbrella@cs.aau.dk
Subject: Syscall trouble
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:55:19 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200411301455.19143.snc@cs.aau.dk> (raw)

Hi all!

I have implemented a systemcall against linux-2.6.8.1 using the following 
patches:


--- linux-2.6.8.1-clean/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S        2004-08-14 
12:55:09.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.8.1/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S      2004-11-30 14:48:36.000000000 
+0100
@@ -887,4 +887,7 @@
        .long sys_mq_getsetattr
        .long sys_ni_syscall            /* reserved for kexec */

+       .long sys_umb_set_child_restrictions

 syscall_table_size=(.-sys_call_table)


--- linux-2.6.8.1-clean/include/asm-i386/unistd.h       2004-08-14 
12:55:35.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.8.1/include/asm-i386/unistd.h     2004-11-30 14:48:36.000000000 
+0100
@@ -290,8 +290,13 @@
 #define __NR_mq_getsetattr     (__NR_mq_open+5)
 #define __NR_sys_kexec_load    283

-#define NR_syscalls 284
-
+#define __NR_umb_set_child_restrictions       284
+
+#define NR_syscalls 285

 /* user-visible error numbers are in the range -1 - -124: see 
<asm-i386/errno.h> */

 #define __syscall_return(type, res) \


This works like a charm. If i apply this to linux-2.6.9 it does not work 
anymore. The syscall is in kallsyms, but nothing happens when I call it.


Any suggestions?

What am I missing?

//snc


----------------
Søren Nøhr Christensen
Computer Science @ AAU
snc@cs.aau.dk

             reply	other threads:[~2004-11-30 13:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-30 13:55 Søren Nøhr Christensen [this message]
2004-11-30 21:03 ` Syscall trouble Chris Wright

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