linux-kernel - Re: Making a universal list of syscalls?

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Date:	Thu, 6 Mar 2014 15:40:40 -0800
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	libseccomp-discuss@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: Making a universal list of syscalls?

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:37 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> On 03/05/2014 03:08 AM, David Howells wrote:
>> It would be really nice if we could do this in such a manner that we could
>> build strace from it.
>
> strace, seccomp, klibc, ... we all need more or less the same stuff.

strace also needs to know what the pointed-to type is for pointer
arguments, whether pointers are input, output, or both, and what kind
of flags / constants fit in which integer slot.

--Andy

>
>         -hpa
>
>



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Andy Lutomirski
AMA Capital Management, LLC
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