lib/libsys/sys_exec.c

   1 #include "syslib.h"
   2
   3 int sys_exec(proc_ep, ptr, prog_name, initpc)
   4 endpoint_t proc_ep;             /* process that did exec */
   5 char *ptr;                      /* new stack pointer */
   6 char *prog_name;                /* name of the new program */
   7 vir_bytes initpc;
   8 {
   9 /* A process has exec'd.  Tell the kernel. */
  10
  11   message m;
  12
  13   m.PR_ENDPT = proc_ep;
  14   m.PR_STACK_PTR = ptr;
  15   m.PR_NAME_PTR = prog_name;
  16   m.PR_IP_PTR = (char *)initpc;
  17   return(_kernel_call(SYS_EXEC, &m));
  18 }