#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h> // For syscall numbers
int main() {
long pid;
// Use inline assembly to invoke the system call directly
asm("syscall" // syscall instruction
: "=a" (pid) // output: return value in RAX (the pid)
: "a" (39) // input: system call number for getpid() in RAX
: "rcx", "r11", "memory"); // clobbered registers
printf("Process ID: %ld\n", pid);
return 0;
}
.file "syscall.c"
.text
.section .rodata
.LC0:
.string "Process ID: %ld\n"
.text
.globl main
.type main, @function
main:
.LFB0:
.cfi_startproc
pushq %rbp
.cfi_def_cfa_offset 16
.cfi_offset 6, -16
movq %rsp, %rbp
.cfi_def_cfa_register 6
subq $16, %rsp
movl $39, %eax
#APP
# 8 "syscall.c" 1
syscall
# 0 "" 2
#NO_APP
movq %rax, -8(%rbp)
movq -8(%rbp), %rax
movq %rax, %rsi
movl $.LC0, %edi
movl $0, %eax
call printf
movl $0, %eax
leave
.cfi_def_cfa 7, 8
ret
.cfi_endproc
.LFE0:
.size main, .-main
.ident "GCC: (GNU) 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-20)"
.section .note.GNU-stack,"",@progbits
gcc -S syscall.c will generate above code.
sjc-ads-1999:~ > ./a.out
Process ID: 43772