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dup3

Implemented in Antinomie 0.7.0 · Syscall list

long dup3(unsigned int oldfd, unsigned int newfd, int flags);
Number (x86-64) 292
ABI common
Kernel entry point sys_dup3

This is the raw kernel prototype from the pinned Linux 6.12.94 schema, not the libc wrapper.

Duplicates a file descriptor onto a number with an optional close-on-exec flag.

Name Type Meaning
oldfd (arg0) unsigned int File descriptor to duplicate.
newfd (arg1) unsigned int Descriptor number to duplicate onto.
flags (arg2) int Option flags that change the behavior of the call.

On success: the new descriptor number.

In an Antinomie trace the Return column and the ret filter field show the raw kernel return value. On failure that is the negative errno, for example -2 for ENOENT, not the -1 plus errno that the libc wrapper gives. syscall.errno holds the positive errno and syscall.success is false.

Raw return Name Meaning
-9 EBADF A file descriptor is not valid for this operation.
-22 EINVAL An argument is invalid.

dup3(2) on man7.org

Coverage mark: Implemented. All arguments are plain values, recorded as the raw argument words at entry. There is no pointee to copy and no known gap.

Every call is recorded as an Entry record (the six argument words and the pointees copied at entry) and an Exit record (the return value and the pointees copied at exit).

Argument When How Recorded field key Condition
oldfd (arg0) Entry raw scalar word args.0, args.oldfd
newfd (arg1) Entry raw scalar word args.1, args.newfd
flags (arg2) Entry raw scalar word; Syscall Trace also decodes it into flag names (cloexec group), listing unknown bits separately args.2, args.flags
  • Result: ret, syscall.errno, syscall.success, syscall.duration_ns.
  • Argument words: args.oldfd (arg0), args.newfd (arg1), args.flags (arg2); args.0 to args.5 by position.

See Syscall Trace filter for the full syntax.

For what the capture statuses mean, see Capture statuses. For what is never recorded, see Known gaps.