On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 15:36 -0600, Timur Tabi wrote: > > > > that was used for creating kernel threads, by calling int 0x80 for > > fork/clone. > > Shouldn't that be the other way around? yes that's why it's gone now > So can I use this mechanism to call any system call from kernel space? > In which file is this mechanism prototyped? only in very careful circumstances. Basically: DON'T DO IT. -- -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/