Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 7 Nov 1999 19:19:07 +0100 | From | Ralf Baechle <> | Subject | Re: i386 kernel_thread() questions |
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On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 04:28:34PM +0100, lars brinkhoff wrote:
> 1. Why isn't ecx set to a stack pointer before the clone system call?
The cloned thread will only ever run on it's kernel stack, that is the value passed in ecx wouldn't make a difference.
> 2. Why isn't ebx set to a status code before the exit system call?
Because nobody cares about the status code.
Ralf
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