scripts/syscallhdr.sh

Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/scripts/syscallhdr.sh

File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
scripts/syscallhdr.sh
Extension
.sh
Size
1935 bytes
Lines
99
Domain
Support Tooling And Documentation
Bucket
scripts
Inferred role
Support Tooling And Documentation: syscall or user/kernel boundary
Status
core implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.

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#!/bin/sh
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
#
# Generate a syscall number header.
#
# Each line of the syscall table should have the following format:
#
# NR ABI NAME [NATIVE] [COMPAT]
#
# NR       syscall number
# ABI      ABI name
# NAME     syscall name
# NATIVE   native entry point (optional)
# COMPAT   compat entry point (optional)

set -e

usage() {
	echo >&2 "usage: $0 [--abis ABIS] [--emit-nr] [--offset OFFSET] [--prefix PREFIX] INFILE OUTFILE" >&2
	echo >&2
	echo >&2 "  INFILE    input syscall table"
	echo >&2 "  OUTFILE   output header file"
	echo >&2
	echo >&2 "options:"
	echo >&2 "  --abis ABIS        ABI(s) to handle (By default, all lines are handled)"
	echo >&2 "  --emit-nr          Emit the macro of the number of syscalls (__NR_syscalls)"
	echo >&2 "  --offset OFFSET    The offset of syscall numbers"
	echo >&2 "  --prefix PREFIX    The prefix to the macro like __NR_<PREFIX><NAME>"
	exit 1
}

# default unless specified by options
abis=
emit_nr=
offset=
prefix=

while [ $# -gt 0 ]
do
	case $1 in
	--abis)
		abis=$(echo "($2)" | tr ',' '|')
		shift 2;;
	--emit-nr)
		emit_nr=1
		shift 1;;
	--offset)
		offset=$2
		shift 2;;
	--prefix)
		prefix=$2
		shift 2;;
	-*)
		echo "$1: unknown option" >&2
		usage;;
	*)
		break;;
	esac
done

if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
	usage
fi

infile="$1"
outfile="$2"

guard=_UAPI_ASM_$(basename "$outfile" |
	sed -e 'y/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz/ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ/' \
	-e 's/[^A-Z0-9_]/_/g' -e 's/__/_/g')

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