Quoting Nir Livni <nirl@cyber-ark.com>: > > > > Nir Livni (nirl@cyber-ark.com) wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > I would like to know where can I read about the do_fork algorithm > > > (detailed explaination). > > > > > > In addition , maybe you could tell me How do I debug using UML the > > > initialization of a forked process. I would like to debug the > > > initialization of a forked (CHILD) process from the moment it is > > > created, until the return of fork() which returns 0. > > > > http://lxr.linux.no/source/kernel/fork.c#L577 > > > > hope this help. > > -- > > Christophe Lucas -- Iomeda SA (clucas@iomeda.fr) > > I would still appreciate a bit more info. > Where is the code that initializes the child process ? > I have a problem that causes the child to exit immediately after I fork() > it, > So it exits before the fork() returns with 0. > (The parent receives a normal pid number return code, but the child simply > isn't there anymore) do_fork() make the initialisation by calling lot of functions, the child return in ret_from_fork in arch/i386/entry.S see http://lxr.linux.no/source/arch/i386/kernel/process.c#L581 http://lxr.linux.no/source/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S#L186 Hope that help > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
