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2016-10-24Documentation/adding-syscalls.txt: convert it to ReST markupMauro Carvalho Chehab1-527/+0
Convert adding-syscalls.txt to ReST markup and add it to the development-process book: - add extra lines to make Sphinx to correctly parse paragraphs; - use quote blocks for examples; - use monotonic font for dirs, function calls, etc; - mark manpage pages using the right markup; - add cross-reference to SubmittingPatches. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
2016-04-18documentation: trivial typo: adding-syscalls.txt: s/statat/fstatat/Askar Safin1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Askar Safin <safinaskar@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2015-08-13Documentation: describe how to add a system callDavid Drysdale1-0/+527
Add a document describing the process of adding a new system call, including the need for a flags argument for future compatibility, and covering 32-bit/64-bit concerns (albeit in an x86-centric way). Signed-off-by: David Drysdale <drysdale@google.com> Reviewed-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@akamai.com> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>