Help in 'kernel_execve'

[biswa.nayak at wipro.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Ravnborg [mailto:sam at ravnborg.org] 
> Subject: Re: Help in 'kernel_execve'
> 
> On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 12:57:06PM +0530, biswa.nayak at wipro.com wrote:
> > 
> > Hi
> > I am currently trying to understand the boot sequence of Linux.
> > 
> > In the kernel, the 'init' thread after the system is setup for the 
> > user processes it tries to spawn the first user process using 
> > 'kernel_execve'
> > 
> > Now to test this I have written a small module, which when inserted 
> > will spawn a user process from my home directory.
> > 
> > Now, when I compile the module I get error messages that
> > 
> > WARNING: "kernel_execve" [/c/test/skel.ko] undefined!
> > 
> > Why is this happening? Even after I exported the symbol 
> 'kernel_execve'
> > in the file
> > <linux>/arch/i386/kernel/sys_i386.c
> > I am still seeing the same message.
> > 
> > Is something else going in the back ground which I don't understand?
> 
> Please post your code + Makefile + command used to build the module.

Please find the attched module named skel.c and Makefile.
To compile the module I use "make -C <Path_to_linux> M=`pwd` modules"

> Did you build the modified kernel? From the warning is does 
> not like this.
Yes My linux version is Linux-2.6.20.4

[biswa at nerdbox test]$ uname -a
Linux nerdbox.nerdbox 2.6.20.4 #1 SMP Sat Jun 2 17:49:20 IST 2007 i686
i686 i386 GNU/Linux

[biswa at nerdbox test]$ cat /proc/kallsyms | grep kernel_execve
c01072ea T kernel_execve

Please let me know if you need any more info

Thanks
Biswa
> 
> 	Sam
> 




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