--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only or LGPL-2.1-only)
+
+# example usage:
+# lttng-get-syscall-inout.sh table-syscall-inout.txt select 1
+
+ARCH_NAME=$1
+SYSCALL_NAME=$2
+ARG_NR=$3
+TMPFILE=$(mktemp)
+GENERIC_INOUT_DESCRIPTION_FILE="$(dirname "$0")/table-syscall-inout.txt"
+
+# Delete temp file on exit
+trap 'rm -f "$TMPFILE"' EXIT
+
+if [ "${GENERIC_INOUT_DESCRIPTION_FILE}" = "" ]; then
+ echo "Error: Please specify input file name as first argument" >&2
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "${SYSCALL_NAME}" = "" ]; then
+ echo "Error: Please specify system call name as second argument" >&2
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ "${ARG_NR}" = "" || ${ARG_NR} == 0 ]]; then
+ echo "Error: Please specify argument number larger than 0 as third argument" >&2
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+# Search for the in/out description of a syscall. This function attempts to find
+# a matching description in the per-architecture description override file (if it exists)
+# and falls back to the generic description file otherwise.
+#
+# Returns 0 if a description was found and written to the output file, 1 otherwise.
+function write_inout_description ()
+{
+ local arch_name=$1
+ local syscall_name=$2
+ local output_file=$3
+ local description_files=("$(dirname "$0")/table-syscall-inout-${arch_name}-override.txt" "$GENERIC_INOUT_DESCRIPTION_FILE")
+ local match_count
+
+ for file in "${description_files[@]}"; do
+ if [ ! -f "$file" ]; then
+ continue
+ fi
+
+ # Look for the syscall's in/out description
+ grep "^syscall ${syscall_name} " "${file}" > "${output_file}" || true
+
+ # Error out if we got more than one syscall
+ match_count=$(wc -l < "${output_file}")
+ if [ "${match_count}" -gt 1 ]; then
+ # Fatal error; invalid description file
+ echo "Error: more than one system call match for ${SYSCALL_NAME}" >&2
+ exit 1
+ elif [ "${match_count}" -eq 1 ]; then
+ # Description found
+ return 0
+ fi
+ done
+
+ return 1
+}
+
+# Abort on error and undefined variable
+set -eu
+
+
+# Default to sc_inout for unknown syscalls
+if ! write_inout_description "$ARCH_NAME" "$SYSCALL_NAME" "$TMPFILE"; then
+ echo "Warning: no match for syscall '${SYSCALL_NAME}', set to 'inout'" >&2
+ # no match, default to inout
+ echo "sc_inout"
+ exit 0
+fi
+
+# Get the number of argument
+SC_ARGS=$(sed 's/^syscall \([^ ]*\) nbargs \([^ ]*\) .*/\2/g' "${TMPFILE}")
+
+if [ "${ARG_NR}" -gt "${SC_ARGS}" ]; then
+ echo "Error: argument number (${ARG_NR}) for ${SYSCALL_NAME} is larger than number of syscall arguments (${SC_ARGS})" >&2
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "${ARG_NR}" == 1 ]; then
+ SC_ARG_TYPE=$(sed 's/^syscall \([^ ]*\) nbargs \([^ ]*\) rw: (\([^,)]*\).*/\3/g' "${TMPFILE}")
+fi
+
+if [ "${ARG_NR}" == 2 ]; then
+ SC_ARG_TYPE=$(sed 's/^syscall \([^ ]*\) nbargs \([^ ]*\) rw: ([^,]*, \([^,)]*\).*/\3/g' "${TMPFILE}")
+fi
+
+if [ "${ARG_NR}" == 3 ]; then
+ SC_ARG_TYPE=$(sed 's/^syscall \([^ ]*\) nbargs \([^ ]*\) rw: ([^,]*, [^,]*, \([^,)]*\).*/\3/g' "${TMPFILE}")
+fi
+
+if [ "${ARG_NR}" == 4 ]; then
+ SC_ARG_TYPE=$(sed 's/^syscall \([^ ]*\) nbargs \([^ ]*\) rw: ([^,]*, [^,]*, [^,]*, \([^,)]*\).*/\3/g' "${TMPFILE}")
+fi
+
+if [ "${ARG_NR}" == 5 ]; then
+ SC_ARG_TYPE=$(sed 's/^syscall \([^ ]*\) nbargs \([^ ]*\) rw: ([^,]*, [^,]*, [^,]*, [^,]*, \([^,)]*\).*/\3/g' "${TMPFILE}")
+fi
+
+if [ "${ARG_NR}" == 6 ]; then
+ SC_ARG_TYPE=$(sed 's/^syscall \([^ ]*\) nbargs \([^ ]*\) rw: ([^,]*, [^,]*, [^,]*, [^,]*, [^,]*, \([^,)]*\).*/\3/g' "${TMPFILE}")
+fi
+
+
+if [ "${SC_ARG_TYPE}" = "r" ]; then
+ echo "sc_in"
+fi
+if [ "${SC_ARG_TYPE}" = "w" ]; then
+ echo "sc_out"
+fi
+if [ "${SC_ARG_TYPE}" = "rw" ]; then
+ echo "sc_inout"
+fi
+
+# EOF