On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 01:10, snodx@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi guys, > > Thanks for your awnsers. Your awnsers gave me a lot of searching material. > > I searched for "How the kernel executes binary files" and some such related > keywords, keyphrases in google and I came across this URL: > > http://tech.dupnica.net/understandinlinuxkernel/ch19e.html > > This webpage deals a lot with the internal working of the kernel. It > mentions the functions sys_execve, prepare_binprm and load_binary > which perform the binary execution process. > > But what I was interested in knowing is WHICH kernel module defines > these functions? Which library is called by the kernel when it recieves > the instruction to execute a binary, the library that contains these > symbols? > > What I basically am interested in is the knowing the complete knowledge > of the background? That is when I create an executable of my own using > gcc or some other 'C' compiler and run the executable by saying > "./executable-name" then which kernel modules are involved, their > sequence e.t.c. If I get to know the name of even one kernel module > I can search out the whole module sequence from google. > > By the by in this context I ran the command "ksyms" on a Redhat > terminal but I did not come across the aforementioned symbols, not > even something close. I guess "ksyms" shows only the externally > usable kernel symbols. > > Sorry for keeping you engaged. > > SNODX Email Linus. He'll tell you everything. stephen kuhn - proprietor ============================== illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com mobile: 0410.728.389 ------------------------------------------------------------------ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents ------------------------------------------------------------------ Apu: You look familiar, sir. Are you on the television or something? Homer: Sorry, buddy. You got me confused with Fred Flintstone. Homer's Night Out -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
