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Add a System Call in Linux Kernel

To add a system call in Linux, one must: 1. Download and extract the Linux kernel source code. 2. Create C and Makefile files to define the system call and compile it. 3. Add the system call to the system call table and assign it a number. 4. Compile and install the new kernel, and write a test program to call the new system call.

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Add a System Call in Linux Kernel

To add a system call in Linux, one must: 1. Download and extract the Linux kernel source code. 2. Create C and Makefile files to define the system call and compile it. 3. Add the system call to the system call table and assign it a number. 4. Compile and install the new kernel, and write a test program to call the new system call.

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How to add a system call in Linux

1. Download Kernel Source code from kernel.org


2. Unzip and intar the Linux source code.
3. Make directory “mycall” at ./linux-2.6.X.x (mkdir mycall)
4. Create C file in mycall directory for the defination of the system call (sys_mycall in our
case)
myfile.c
#include<linux/linkage.h>
#include<linux/kernel.h>
asmlinkage long sys_mycall(int i)
{
printk("Hello World %d \n",i);
return i+10;
}

5. Create a Makefile in mycall directory for mycall.c


obj-y := mycall.o

6. Add sys_mycall in system call table in file arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S


7. Assign System Call number to sys_mycall funtion from file
arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h
Add "#define __NR_mycall <Last_System_Call_Num + 1>" at the end of the list
Increment the "NR_syscalls" by 1

8. Declare sys_mycall in include/linux/syscalls.h


Add the following line at the end of the file:
asmlinkage long sys_mycall(int i);

9. Compile the kernel code


1. make menuconfig
2. make
3. make modules_install
4. make install
5. mkinitrd -o initrd.img-2.6.X.x 2.6.X.x

10. Write a test program for make system call

#include <sys/syscall.h>

#include <unistd.h>

#include<stdio.h>

int main()

printf("Return value is %d\n",syscall(338,21));

}
Output: On Screen
Return value is 31

In /var/log/kern.log
Oct 5 11:34:00 alok-laptop kernel: [ 326.170004] Hello World 21

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