ipc/syscall.c
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/ipc/syscall.c
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
ipc/syscall.c- Extension
.c- Size
- 5180 bytes
- Lines
- 212
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- IPC
- Inferred role
- Core OS: syscall or user/kernel boundary
- Status
- core implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Defines or participates in a user/kernel boundary; inspect argument validation, copy_from_user/copy_to_user, credentials, and dispatch target.
- Touches user memory; correctness depends on fault-safe copying and privilege boundary handling.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/unistd.hlinux/syscalls.hlinux/security.hlinux/ipc_namespace.hutil.hlinux/errno.hlinux/ipc.hlinux/shm.hlinux/uaccess.hlinux/compat.h
Detected Declarations
syscall ipcstruct compat_ipc_kludgefunction sys_ipcfunction compat_ksys_ipc
Annotated Snippet
SYSCALL_DEFINE6(ipc, unsigned int, call, int, first, unsigned long, second,
unsigned long, third, void __user *, ptr, long, fifth)
{
return ksys_ipc(call, first, second, third, ptr, fifth);
}
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
#include <linux/compat.h>
#ifndef COMPAT_SHMLBA
#define COMPAT_SHMLBA SHMLBA
#endif
struct compat_ipc_kludge {
compat_uptr_t msgp;
compat_long_t msgtyp;
};
#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
int compat_ksys_ipc(u32 call, int first, int second,
u32 third, compat_uptr_t ptr, u32 fifth)
{
int version;
u32 pad;
version = call >> 16; /* hack for backward compatibility */
call &= 0xffff;
switch (call) {
case SEMOP:
/* struct sembuf is the same on 32 and 64bit :)) */
return ksys_semtimedop(first, compat_ptr(ptr), second, NULL);
case SEMTIMEDOP:
if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPAT_32BIT_TIME))
return -ENOSYS;
return compat_ksys_semtimedop(first, compat_ptr(ptr), second,
compat_ptr(fifth));
case SEMGET:
return ksys_semget(first, second, third);
case SEMCTL:
if (!ptr)
return -EINVAL;
if (get_user(pad, (u32 __user *) compat_ptr(ptr)))
return -EFAULT;
return compat_ksys_old_semctl(first, second, third, pad);
case MSGSND:
return compat_ksys_msgsnd(first, ptr, second, third);
case MSGRCV: {
void __user *uptr = compat_ptr(ptr);
if (first < 0 || second < 0)
return -EINVAL;
if (!version) {
struct compat_ipc_kludge ipck;
if (!uptr)
return -EINVAL;
if (copy_from_user(&ipck, uptr, sizeof(ipck)))
return -EFAULT;
return compat_ksys_msgrcv(first, ipck.msgp, second,
ipck.msgtyp, third);
}
return compat_ksys_msgrcv(first, ptr, second, fifth, third);
}
case MSGGET:
return ksys_msgget(first, second);
case MSGCTL:
return compat_ksys_old_msgctl(first, second, compat_ptr(ptr));
case SHMAT: {
int err;
unsigned long raddr;
if (version == 1)
return -EINVAL;
err = do_shmat(first, compat_ptr(ptr), second, &raddr,
COMPAT_SHMLBA);
if (err < 0)
return err;
return put_user(raddr, (compat_ulong_t __user *)compat_ptr(third));
}
case SHMDT:
return ksys_shmdt(compat_ptr(ptr));
case SHMGET:
return ksys_shmget(first, (unsigned int)second, third);
case SHMCTL:
return compat_ksys_old_shmctl(first, second, compat_ptr(ptr));
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/unistd.h`, `linux/syscalls.h`, `linux/security.h`, `linux/ipc_namespace.h`, `util.h`, `linux/errno.h`, `linux/ipc.h`, `linux/shm.h`.
- Detected declarations: `syscall ipc`, `struct compat_ipc_kludge`, `function sys_ipc`, `function compat_ksys_ipc`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / IPC.
- Implementation status: core implementation candidate.
- This snippet crosses the user/kernel memory boundary; validate fault handling and access checks before translating the pattern.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.