Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/7] rename the provided execve functions to kernel_execve | Date | Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:44:21 +0200 |
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On Monday 28 August 2006 04:20, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > Question: > All other syscalls (in syscalls.h) return long or unsigned long > or ssize_t etc. I.e., none of them return int. Does this one > return int because it's strictly an inside-the-kernel "syscall", > not exposed to userspace?
Well, it's not really a system call in the first place, but I could not find any other place where it would fit. The prototype of the kernel_execve function is the one from the man execve page, and also similar to those that were generated by the _syscall3() macro before.
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