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Hi,

  I am trying to use execve() and fork() in a system call.
 I am trying to call sys_fork and sys_exec in my system call.
 But both these expect a pointer struct to be passed to them.

  struct pt_regs * regs

  that is defined in ptrace.h. I dont know how to fill the structure
 with the values. All the fields  in this struct are register fields.

  I would appreciate if someone could direct me in a proper direction.

  BTW, I am trying to fork and exec in a system call so that I can
 execute a binary(vi/emacs) by calling it from the system call.

 Thanks for the help.

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Marx Rajangam
Fisher 227, CS Dept,
Michigan Tech. Univ.

|>   I am trying to use execve() and fork() in a system call.
|>  I am trying to call sys_fork and sys_exec in my system call.
|>  But both these expect a pointer struct to be passed to them.
|>  
|>   struct pt_regs * regs
|>
|>   that is defined in ptrace.h. I dont know how to fill the structure
|>  with the values. All the fields  in this struct are register fields.
|>
|>   I would appreciate if someone could direct me in a proper direction.

See kernel/kmod.c for how to do it right.

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