On Tue, 05 Mar 2019 19:08:20 -0500, Umair Khan said: > I was just roaming around the linux source code when I stumbled upon > this line - https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/include/linux/syscalls.h#L1200 > > May I know what is the use of this system call? /* * Not a real system call, but a placeholder for syscalls which are * not implemented -- see kernel/sys_ni.c */ asmlinkage long sys_ni_syscall(void); Well, did you go look at kernel/sys_ni.c like it told you to? Because if you bothered reading the first 2 dozen lines of that file, you would find: /* * Non-implemented system calls get redirected here. */ asmlinkage long sys_ni_syscall(void) { return -ENOSYS; } Are there any remining questions? _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
