syscall_get_arguments(9)

💅 syscall_get_arguments(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one is all about syscall_get_arguments, and it's giving “grab the syscall args” energy. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

syscall_get_arguments — extract system call parameter values 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void syscall_get_arguments (struct task_struct *task , struct pt_regs
       *regs , unsigned long *args );

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• task — the task of interest, and it must be blocked. no cap 😭
• regs — task_pt_regs of task. 💖
• args — array filled with argument values. 🎀

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so this function fetches 6 arguments to the system call. First argument is stored in args[0], and so on — periodt. 🫶

🚨 valid-call vibe check: ngl, it's only valid to call this when task is stopped for tracing on entry to a system call, due to SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_TRACE or SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_AUDIT. Don't be messy about it. 😭

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

bestie, go peek at the kernel file ./include/asm-generic/syscall.h, plus these related icons 👑:

• syscall_get_nr(9)
• syscall_set_nr(9)
• syscall_rollback(9)
• syscall_get_error(9)
• syscall_get_return_value(9)
• syscall_set_return_value(9)
• syscall_set_arguments(9)
• syscall_get_arch(9)

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signing off from ./include/asm-generic, October 2026 — syscall_get_arguments(9) 💖✨