> In the code of
> int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void * arg, unsigned long flags)
> in arch/i386/kernel/process.c
>
> as can be seen in the code here, a system call is made by trigerring the 0x80 interrupt.
> this function kernel_thread() is used to launch the init process during booting by
> start_kernel() //in init/main.c
> But at that time, the process 0 which calls kernel_thread is executing in Kernel mode, so why should some process in kernel mode make a system call??
Easy way to get the registers dumped into memory
--Mark Zealey mark@zealos.org mark@itsolve.co.uk
UL++++>$ G!>(GCM/GCS/GS/GM) dpu? s:-@ a16! C++++>$ P++++>+++++$ L+++>+++++$ !E---? W+++>$ N- !o? !w--- O? !M? !V? !PS !PE--@ PGP+? r++ !t---?@ !X---? !R- b+ !tv b+ DI+ D+? G+++ e>+++++ !h++* r!-- y--
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