Thread: Making a Linux system call

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    Making a Linux system call

    I'm having trouble passing a variable (specifically an integer) from user mode to kernel mode. This is my code for my system call:
    Code:
    #include <linux/linkage.h>
    #include <linux/kernel.h>
    #include <linux/sched.h>
    
    asmlinkage int sys_processdisplay(int __user *procnum) {
                  int procnumk = 0;
                  copy_from_user(procnum, procnum, sizeof(int));
                  printk(KERN_EMERG "procnumk is: %d\n", procnumk);
                  return(1);
    }
    The problem is procnumk stays at 0. When I compile I get a weird message anytime I try to use copy_from_user or get_user that says "modpost: 3 mismatches found"

    I appreciate any help. Thanks!

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    You never pass procnumk to the function, you are passing the pointer to procnum each time. Try
    Code:
    #include <linux/linkage.h>
    #include <linux/kernel.h>
    #include <linux/sched.h>
    
    asmlinkage int sys_processdisplay(int __user *procnum) {
                  int procnumk = 0;
                  copy_from_user(&procnumk, procnum, sizeof(int));
                  printk(KERN_EMERG "procnumk is: %d\n", procnumk);
                  return(1);
    }

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shakti View Post
    You never pass procnumk to the function, you are passing the pointer to procnum each time. Try
    Code:
    #include <linux/linkage.h>
    #include <linux/kernel.h>
    #include <linux/sched.h>
    
    asmlinkage int sys_processdisplay(int __user *procnum) {
                  int procnumk = 0;
                  copy_from_user(&procnumk, procnum, sizeof(int));
                  printk(KERN_EMERG "procnumk is: %d\n", procnumk);
                  return(1);
    }
    I still get the modpost warning and 0 for procnumk

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    Show the rest of the code. That isn't where the problem is.

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    That is all the code, could it be how I made the system call? This is how I called it:
    retval = syscall(__NR_processdisplay, 1);

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    1) What do you think asmlinkage does?

    2) Exactly how are you registering this as a system call?

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