task struct and the #! operator

[Vladimir Murzin]

Hi,

Have a look at binfmt_script.c [1] $)

[1] http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/fs/binfmt_script.c

Best wishes
Vladimir Murzin

On 5/31/12, Ranjan Sinha <rnjn.sinha at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to understand process creation and associated
> bookkeeping.I am currently trying to understand how interpreted
> scripts (the shebang operator) are executed.
>
> It was surprising to see that the comm member of task_struct (accessed
> through get_task_comm) is actually set to the name of the script
> though /proc/pid/exe correctly points to the invoked interpreter. Does
> anybody know where the necessary magic happen and is it possible to
> get the name of invoked interpreter through any means inside the
> kernel?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ranjan
>
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