linux-kernel - Re: Creating syscalls: Under an x86_64 arch, where is the syscall table located?

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Message-ID: <20080705162903.GA1861@debian>
Date:	Sat, 5 Jul 2008 21:59:04 +0530
From:	Rabin Vincent <rabin@....in>
To:	Bradley Hanna <brahan.ml@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Creating syscalls: Under an x86_64 arch, where is the syscall
	table located?

On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 11:03:49AM -0400, Bradley Hanna wrote:
> I am trying to create a syscall for testing purposes.  I have a kernel
> configured for x86_64 arch and need to know where the syscall table is
> located.  I believe I have found the unistd.h file that I need under
> 'include/asm/unistd_64.h' but I cannot find a file containing the
> 'sys_call_table' that corresponds with that 'unistd_64.h' file.  I can
> find a file called syscall_table_32.S, but no table for 64.  The table
> is no longer located in entry.S, so where do I find it?  The
> '__syscallN' macro is not finding my syscall definition.

sys_call_table for x86_64 is defined in arch/x86/kernel/syscall_64.c.

Rabin
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