argv_t Struct Reference

Argument Vector structure. More...

#include <argv.h>

Data Fields
char **	buffer
char *	empty [1]
	!< Stores both pointers and strings.
uint64_t	size
	!< Used to avoid allocations for empty argv
uint64_t	amount
	!< Size of the buffer in bytes.

Detailed Description

Argument Vector structure.

Stores the arguments passed to a process in a contiguous buffer in the format:

[ptr to arg0][ptr to arg1]...[ptr to argN][NULL][arg0 string][arg1 string]...[argN string]

Definition at line 22 of file argv.h.

Field Documentation

amount

uint64_t argv_t::amount

!< Size of the buffer in bytes.

Number of arguments (excluding the NULL terminator).

Definition at line 27 of file argv.h.

Referenced by argv_get_strings(), argv_init(), loader_process_entry(), and loader_setup_argv().

buffer

char** argv_t::buffer

Definition at line 24 of file argv.h.

Referenced by argv_deinit(), argv_get_strings(), argv_init(), loader_load_program(), loader_process_entry(), and loader_setup_argv().

empty

char* argv_t::empty[1]

!< Stores both pointers and strings.

Definition at line 25 of file argv.h.

Referenced by argv_deinit(), and argv_init().

size

uint64_t argv_t::size

!< Used to avoid allocations for empty argv

Definition at line 26 of file argv.h.

Referenced by argv_get_strings(), argv_init(), and loader_setup_argv().

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The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file:

• include/kernel/proc/argv.h