Karthik M (k_mohanas@yahoo.com) wrote:
>
> --- Christophe Lucas <c.lucas@ifrance.com> wrote:
> >
> > struct pt_regs { } ; is defined in asm-i386/ptrace.h
> >
> > see : http://lxr.linux.no/source/?v=2.6.5
> >
> >
>
> Thanks Christophe, i came across the struct
> declaration before hand itself. The problem that i am
> facing is what goes into the registers. I mean into
> which register does the name of the program go ?? into
> which register do the arguments for the system call
> get loaded ? i need some help on these kind of things
Sorry for not responding faster, but it was holiday in france :-)
You should see in : arch/i386/kernel/process.c and kernel_thread()
HTH
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