Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 14:54:12 +1000
From: Glenn McGrath <bug1@optushome.com.au>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] set argv[0] of init process to filename
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In init/main.c the kernel always sets argv[0] = "init" when calling the
init process.

The file being executed as init is commonly /sbin/init, but could be
anything, as set from init= boot paramater.

Always setting argv[0] = "init" is inconsistent with standard behaviour
of setting it to the filename that was run.

This current behaviour is inconvenient for busybox (www.busybox.net) as
it uses argv[0] to determine functionality.

The attached patch against 2.4.20 sets argv[0] to the filename being run
as the init process, it results in marginally smaller binary (12 bytes).

Is there a reason why argv[0] should always be set to "init" ?


Glenn 

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