Re: [uml-devel] adding a system call in uml

[Blaisorblade <bla...@ya...>]

On Saturday 03 February 2007 06:36, Mohammad Jawwad wrote:
> Hello,
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>
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> How does one add a system call to user mode linux?
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> I followed the instructions here:=
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> http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/lksct/

It's from 2002, (I've seen this in the homepage), it's outdated. No 
information about kernel development lasts for so long.

Those instructions could be meaningful for 2.4, and _maybe_ early 2.6 UML 
kernels (I didn't look at the details).
Which UML version did you use?

These days, to add a syscall to a 32bit UML you must patch x86 sources, and 
for a 64bit UML, the x86-64 sources. There will be more info on doing that in 
various websites.So look for info on doing that.

Files to modify are, at least:
For x86:
include/asm-i386/unistd.h
arch/i386/kernel/syscall_table.S

For x86_64:
include/asm-x86_64/unistd.h

Those files are included/reused by UML - this was done to make it easier to 
keep syscall tables in sync.

Also, syscall 253 is already assigned these days.

> The program compiles but dosent print out the the output from the printk()
> statement.
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> Has anybody successfully installed a system call in uml?

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