Re: Same syscall is defined to different numbers on 3 different archs(was

[Robert Williamson]

The original note had the testcases in question, which uses
_syscall3......but since this was left off I'll summarize.  The author did
use the following:

_syscall3 (int, timer_create, clockid_t, which_clock, struct sigevent *,
      timer_event_spec, timer_t *, timer_id);

but compilation failed with:

timer_delete01.c: In function `timer_create':
timer_delete01.c:86: `__NR_timer_create' undeclared (first use in this
function)

The only way we were able to resolve this was to either to add the kernel
includes to the include path: "-I /usr/src/linux-2.5.66/include".
Obviously, this option will not work for the LTP and our users who
frequently change kernel levels and install locations, we have to use "such
ugly, platform-dependent code"

- Robbie

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>>>>> On Mon, 7 Apr 2003 11:26:49 -0500, "Robert Williamson"
<[e-mail]> said:

  Robert> Hmmm...so I guess the only viable solution for a single test
  Robert> to cover as many archs as possible, is to explicitly define
  Robert> the number for each arch.

  Robert> Here's how I would do it Aniruddha:
  Robert> ------------------------------------------
  Robert> #ifdef __i386__
  Robert> #define __NR_timer_create 259
  Robert> #endif

  Robert> #ifdef __x86_64__
  Robert> #define __NR_timer_create 222
  Robert> #endif

  Robert> #if defined(__ppc__) || defined(__ppc64__)
  Robert> #define __NR_timer_create 240
  Robert> #else /* Not defined on this architecture */

  Robert> #include "test.h"
  Robert> #include "usctest.h"

  Robert> int TST_TOTAL = 0;      /* Total number of testcases */

  Robert> int main()
  Robert> {
  Robert> tst_resm(TCONF,"This system call is not defined for this
architecture.");
  Robert> tst_exit();
  Robert> /* NOT REACHED */
  Robert> return(0);
  Robert> }
  Robert> #endif /* Not defined on this architecture */

  Robert> <REST OF TEST HERE>
  Robert> ------------------------------------------

  Robert> Any comments???

Why use such ugly, platform-dependent code when syscall(3) will do it
just fine?  (AFAIK, there is no man-page for syscall(3), but the glibc
info manual documents it in detail.)

             --david