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+/*
+Copyright (C) 2015-2019 The University of Notre Dame
+This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
+See the file LICENSE for details.
+*/
+
+#ifndef ELF_H
+#define ELF_H
+
+#include "kernel/types.h"
+#include "process.h"
+#include "fs.h"
+
+/*
+elf_load opens the given filename, and if it contains a valid
+ELF executable, allocates space in the current process' pagetable,
+loads the text, data, and bss into memory, and updates the 
+entry point value in the current process structure.
+*/
+
+int elf_load(struct process *p, struct fs_dirent *d, addr_t * entry);
+
+#endif