I am new to Linux kernel stuffs. How are Kernel API and syscalls differ from each other?
On 2 June 2014 13:43, Varka Bhadram <[email protected]> wrote: > These two are not the system calls. they are the Kernel API's to > transfer the data from user address space to the kernel address space. > > please see: > http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h#L239 > http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h#L143 > > Regards, > Varka Bhadram > > *MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from > "lxr.free-electrons.com" claiming to be* On June 2, 2014 at 11:29 AM > Dipanjan Das <[email protected]> wrote: > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h#L239> > > > Hi, > > Here's an exhaustive list > <http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/syscalls.2.html> of Linux syscall, > but I can't find get_user() and put_user() API. Why is it so? What am I > missing? > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [ C-DAC is on Social-Media too. Kindly follow us at: > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CDACINDIA & Twitter: @cdacindia ] > > This e-mail is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may > contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy > all copies and the original message. Any unauthorized review, use, > disclosure, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email > is strictly prohibited and appropriate legal action will be taken. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >
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