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zx_process_start

NAME

process_start - start execution on a process

SYNOPSIS

#include <zircon/syscalls.h>

zx_status_t zx_process_start(zx_handle_t handle,
                             zx_handle_t thread,
                             zx_vaddr_t entry,
                             zx_vaddr_t stack,
                             zx_handle_t arg1,
                             uintptr_t arg2);

DESCRIPTION

zx_process_start() is similar to zx_thread_start(), but is used for the purpose of starting the first thread in a process.

zx_process_start() causes a thread to begin execution at the program counter specified by entry and with the stack pointer set to stack. The arguments arg1 and arg2 are arranged to be in the architecture specific registers used for the first two arguments of a function call before the thread is started. All other registers are zero upon start.

The first argument (arg1) is a handle, which will be transferred from the process of the caller to the process which is being started, and an appropriate handle value will be placed in arg1 for the newly started thread. If zx_process_start() returns an error, arg1 is closed rather than transferred to the process being started.

RIGHTS

handle must be of type ZX_OBJ_TYPE_PROCESS and have ZX_RIGHT_WRITE.

thread must be of type ZX_OBJ_TYPE_THREAD and have ZX_RIGHT_WRITE.

arg1 must have ZX_RIGHT_TRANSFER.

RETURN VALUE

zx_process_start() returns ZX_OK on success. In the event of failure, a negative error value is returned.

ERRORS

ZX_ERR_BAD_HANDLE process or thread or arg1 is not a valid handle.

ZX_ERR_WRONG_TYPE process is not a process handle or thread is not a thread handle.

ZX_ERR_ACCESS_DENIED The handle thread lacks ZX_RIGHT_WRITE or thread does not belong to process, or the handle process lacks ZX_RIGHT_WRITE or arg1 lacks ZX_RIGHT_TRANSFER.

ZX_ERR_BAD_STATE process is already running or has exited.

SEE ALSO