System Calls Available to All Kernel Extensions
The following section lists the system calls that are available to all kernel extensions.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| gethostid | Gets the unique identifier of the current host. |
| getpgrp | Gets the process ID, process group ID, and parent process ID. |
| getppid | Gets the process ID, process group ID, and parent process ID. |
| getpri | Returns the scheduling priority of a process. |
| getpriority | Gets or sets the nice value. |
| semget | Gets a set of semaphores. |
| seteuid | Sets the process user IDs. |
| setgid | Sets the process group IDs. |
| sethostid | Sets the unique identifier of the current host. |
| setpgid | Sets the process group IDs. |
| setpgrp | Sets the process group IDs. |
| setpri | Sets a process scheduling priority to a constant value. |
| setpriority | Gets or sets the nice value. |
| setreuid | Sets the process user IDs. |
| setsid | Creates a session and sets the process group ID. |
| setuid | Sets the process user IDs. |
| ulimit | Sets and gets user limits. |
| umask | Sets and gets the value of the file-creation mask. |