[lttng-dev] What are sys calls starting with compat?

[Shariyar]

What does sys_unknown mean and why doe it occur? Does it mean that LTTng
can not find the name of system call?

Regards,
Shariyar
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 15:31:19 +0000 (UTC)
From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers at efficios.com>
To: Daniel Thibault <Daniel.Thibault at drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Cc: lttng-dev at lists.lttng.org
Subject: Re: [lttng-dev] What are sys calls starting with compat?
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Thibault" <Daniel.Thibault at drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
> To: lttng-dev at lists.lttng.org
> Cc: "Mathieu Desnoyers" <mathieu.desnoyers at efficios.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 9:57:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [lttng-dev] What are sys calls starting with compat?
>
> > Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 01:55:48 +0000 (UTC)
> >
> > System calls with "compat" prefix are for e.g. 32-bit processes running
on
> > a 64-bit kernel:
> > those processes are using a different system call table (ia32 for Intel)
> > than 64-bit processes,
> > and therefore those system calls are named "compat_*" by LTTng.
> >
> > Mathieu
>
>    I presume the LTTng event names will also be prefixed with "compat_".

Yes.

>  For
>    instance, "compat_sys_rmdir".

Yes.

>  Or would it be "sys_compat_rmdir"?

No.

>  And
>    what of the exit_syscall and sys_unknown events?

exit_syscall has no compat prefix as I recall.

compat_sys_unknown.

Thanks,

Mathieu
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