Re: syscall numbers larger than 255?

From: Davide Libenzi
Date: Mon Nov 10 2003 - 11:38:47 EST


On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Chris Friesen wrote:

>
> Just a quick and simple question for someone that knows the answer.
>
> Stock 2.4.20 for i386 uses syscalls up to 252. I want to add about a
> half-dozen new syscalls (forward porting stuff that we've got on 2.4.18).
>
> Does x86 support syscall numbers > 255? If yes, do I have to do
> anything special to use them? If not, what are my options?

Currently there's a discrepancy between include/asm-i386/unistd.h and
arch/i386/kernel/entry.S. While the first define function numbers up to
252, the entry.S file fill up the table up to 258 (epoll crosses the 255
boundary :).



- Davide


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