Re: where is sys_fork ?

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On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, so usp wrote:

> I have looked into a lot of source files, but I´m not
> finding the sys_fork function. Isn´t it supposed to be
> into fork.c? There I just found the do_fork(). So,
> where is the sys_fork() syscall function?

Generic answer:

$ cd linux
$ make tags
$ vi -t sys_fork

Specific answer:

You'll find that the sys_fork function is in architecture
specific code, because it is slightly different on the
different architectures...

cheers,

Rik
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