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authorBrian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>2009-12-09 19:01:53 -0500
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2009-12-09 19:28:34 -0500
commit11cf88bd0b8165b65aaabaee0977e9a3ad474ab7 (patch)
tree33e74a88baf24ee971282ded562b78db40749bb9 /arch/x86/kernel/process.c
parent27f59559d63375a4d59e7c720a439d9f0b47edad (diff)
x86: Merge sys_execve
Change 32-bit sys_execve to PTREGSCALL3, and merge with 64-bit. Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <1260403316-5679-4-git-send-email-brgerst@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/process.c')
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1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 5e2ba634ea15..bb17bd9334fb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -236,6 +236,32 @@ int sys_vfork(struct pt_regs *regs)
236 236
237 237
238/* 238/*
239 * sys_execve() executes a new program.
240 */
241long sys_execve(char __user *name, char __user * __user *argv,
242 char __user * __user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs)
243{
244 long error;
245 char *filename;
246
247 filename = getname(name);
248 error = PTR_ERR(filename);
249 if (IS_ERR(filename))
250 return error;
251 error = do_execve(filename, argv, envp, regs);
252
253#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
254 if (error == 0) {
255 /* Make sure we don't return using sysenter.. */
256 set_thread_flag(TIF_IRET);
257 }
258#endif
259
260 putname(filename);
261 return error;
262}
263
264/*
239 * Idle related variables and functions 265 * Idle related variables and functions
240 */ 266 */
241unsigned long boot_option_idle_override = 0; 267unsigned long boot_option_idle_override = 0;