On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 14:17 +0000, Ashok Sharma wrote:
> Please explain the System call
>
> asmlinkage long sys_getpid(void)
> {
> return current-> tgetid;
> }
>
> I would like to know what the void argument means
>
> and how it different from sys_getpid()
"void" in this context is the same as having no argument. I believe it
keeps the compiler happy.
> Also what is meant by asmlinkage
See "What is asmlinkage?" in the FAQ:
http://www.kernelnewbies.org/faq/
Avishay Traeger
http://www.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu/~avishay/
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