4 struct task_struct;
5
6 static inline struct task_struct * get_current(void)
7 {
8 struct task_struct *current;
9 __asm__("andl %%esp,%0; ":"=r" (current) : "0" (~8191UL));
10 return current;
11 }
12
13 #define current get_current()
Look beyond the macro.
<quote sender="Nir Tzachar">
> > current is globally defined as
> > a task_struct that point to current user.
> wrong.
>
> both in 2.4 and 2.6, current is defined like this:
> #define current get_current() ,
> which return the address by means of the the kernel stack.
>
> ========================================================================
> nir.
>
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