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Adding a system call to AArch64 Linux

May 16th, 2017 by mhyun

No more calls.S. It becomes simpler to add a new syscall.

  1. kernel/include/linux/syscalls.h
    Define the syscall:
    asmlinkage long sys_hong(int k);
  2. implement it somewere.c
  3. kernel/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
    Link the syscall with a number. Don’t forget update __NR_syscalls accordingly.
    e.g.,
    #define __NR_hong 291
    __SYSCALL(__NR_hong, sys_hong)
    #define __NR_syscalls 292

 

 

Old, but still necessary and working docs from IBM

September 23rd, 2013 by mhyun

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/?sort_by=&show_abstract=true&show_all=&search_flag=&contentarea_by=All+Zones&search_by=kernel+api&product_by=-1&topic_by=-1&industry_by=-1&type_by=All+Types&ibm-search=Search

Change loglevel

August 29th, 2013 by mhyun

echo 3 > /proc/sys/kernel/printk
The number, 3, can be changed.

Android cgroup

August 29th, 2013 by mhyun

/dev/cpuctl –> /apps –> /bg_non_interactive

Diable cpu DVFS

August 29th, 2013 by mhyun

echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq

Disable a CPU core

August 29th, 2013 by mhyun

echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online

Where, ‘cpu1’ can be replaced with ‘cpu0’.