[Bug 86090] Re: Does not understand new syscalls

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On 2006-01-22T20:23:45+00:00 Ulrich wrote:

Description of problem:
The 2.6.16 kernel will contain a whole bunch of new syscalls.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
4.5.14

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:


Expected results:


Additional info:

Here's the changelog for the patches.

2006-01-22  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper at redhat.com>

	* defs.h: Declare sprintsigmask.
	* desc.c (sys_pselect): New function.
	* file.c (sys_openat, sys_faccessat, sys_newfstatat, sys_mkdirat,
	sys_linkat, sys_unlinkat, sys_symlinkat, sys_readlinkat, sys_renameat,
	sys_fchownat, sys_fchmodat, sys_futimesat, sys_mknodat): New functions.
	* linux/syscallent.h: Hook up new syscalls.
	* linux/x86_64/syscallent.h: Likewise.
	* linux/syscall.h: Delcare new syscall handlers.  Add #defines for
	those new syscalls which are not yet handled.
	Whitespace fixup.  Renumber IPC and socket subcalls.
	* signal.c: Export sprintsigmask.

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On 2006-01-22T20:23:45+00:00 Ulrich wrote:

Created attachment 123547
patch to add support for new syscalls (x86, x86-64)

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On 2006-03-30T00:41:56+00:00 Dmitry wrote:

Similar patch was submitted to strace-devel@ recently, see
https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10061791&forum_id=3912

Patch submitted by Ulrich is slightly better, but each of them has advantages
and drawbacks.
So I'd like to see these two patches merged.

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On 2006-09-02T12:50:51+00:00 Dmitry wrote:

Created attachment 135427
strace-4.5.14-alt-syscalls.patch

My attempt to merge work made by Ulrich and Bernhard.
Patch for snapshot 20060822.
Needs additional testing.

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On 2006-09-05T13:31:02+00:00 Dmitry wrote:

Created attachment 135556
strace-4.5.14-alt-syscalls-20060904.patch

Updated linkat and fstatat64 descriptions in syscallent.h files, based on
feedback from Michael Holzheu.

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On 2006-11-26T11:44:02+00:00 Dmitry wrote:

Fixed upstream.

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On 2007-01-11T11:14:14+00:00 Roland wrote:

these bugs are fixed upstream in the coming 4.5.15 release

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On 2007-01-17T03:04:53+00:00 Roland wrote:

4.5.15 in rawhide and in updates for fc5 and fc6 fixes this.

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** Changed in: strace (Fedora)
   Importance: Unknown => Medium

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Title:
  Does not understand new syscalls

Status in strace package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in strace package in Fedora:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: strace

  feisty's strace doesn't seem to have patches applied to teach it about
  some of the most recent syscalls, e.g. when stracing a python-pynotify
  using script:

  SYS_292(0x3, 0xb7a30fc4, 0x3c6, 0xbfde7578, 0xb7a3e58c)

  which is inotify_add_watch

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