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Questions tagged system-calls

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how does the processor know an instruction is making a system call

operating-system kernel system-calls processor
asked 2012-09-01T10:33:39.540
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Minimal overhead way of intercepting system calls without modifying the kernel

c linux gcc x86-64 system-calls
asked 2012-07-02T10:12:07.567
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What determines the order directory entries are returned by getdents?

linux system-calls
asked 2012-01-15T00:24:40.983
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x86_64 Assembly Linux System Call Confusion

linux assembly x86-64 system-calls gnu-assembler
asked 2011-12-14T19:16:04.270
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Where is clone() method in sched.h on Mac OS X

macos system-calls
asked 2011-11-30T01:46:19.723
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What does _NR stand for in system call number ?That is usually used as suffix

linux-kernel kernel system-calls
asked 2011-11-29T05:15:30.853
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How does the gettimeofday syscall wor‍k?

linux assembly x86-64 system-calls vdso
asked 2011-09-01T06:36:30.647
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Why should I Minimize the use of system call in my code?

operating-system system-calls
asked 2011-06-21T11:46:46.507
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MIPS architecture 'syscall' instruction

mips system-calls mips32 mips64
asked 2011-05-09T15:09:36.387
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In QEMU, is it possible to intercept packets being sent/received by the Linux Guest OS?

linux sockets virtualization system-calls qemu
asked 2011-04-19T21:08:34.057
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Loading raw code from C program

c linux assembly system-calls shellcode
asked 2011-02-23T18:01:00.530
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Linux system call table or cheatsheet for Assembly

c linux assembly system-calls
asked 2010-09-01T04:10:45.840
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System calls on Windows

windows system-calls
asked 2010-05-03T15:22:37.713
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Where can I obtain a list of UNIX system calls?

unix freebsd system-calls
asked 2010-04-20T04:06:26.497
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How to write a signal handler to catch SIGSEGV?

c linux system-calls signal-handling mprotect
asked 2010-04-18T18:44:52.617