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| author | Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@google.com> | 2020-06-12 14:46:16 +0200 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-06-12 14:46:16 +0200 |
| commit | c149e34955491af9b97536f142dc6f547769130b (patch) | |
| tree | b7b16095d4374f9bb670d178f07ec688d8768d97 /docs/syscall_descriptions.md | |
| parent | 6fe5725de825de9fe21e7697443eadd5fd6bafbf (diff) | |
Update syscall_descriptions.md
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diff --git a/docs/syscall_descriptions.md b/docs/syscall_descriptions.md index 3d7877aac..78e46e832 100644 --- a/docs/syscall_descriptions.md +++ b/docs/syscall_descriptions.md @@ -55,7 +55,13 @@ some parts of descriptions from header files. To enable fuzzing of a new kernel interface: -1. Study the interface, find out which syscalls are required to use it. +1. Study the interface, find out which syscalls are required to use it. Sometimes there is nothing besides the source code, but here are some things that may help: + + - Searching the Internet for the subsystem name and/or some unique constants. + - Grepping Documentation/ dir in the kernel. + - Searching tools/testing/ dir in the kernel. + - Looking for large comment blocks in the source code. + - Finding commit that added the interface via `git blame` or `git log` and reading the commit description. 2. Using [syntax documentation](syscall_descriptions_syntax.md) and [existing descriptions](/sys/linux/) as an example, add a declarative |